Steve Hilton Quotes


There has been this slightly naive and perhaps arrogant view that technology can completely reinvent the political system and the way that government and politics works, which is ridiculous.


Citations

Hilton, Steve. More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First. PublicAffairs, 2016.

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Steve Hilton
Steve Hilton
  • Born: August 25, 1969
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Businessman

Steve Hilton is a British political commentator and former political adviser. He served as director of strategy for the British Prime Minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012. Since 2017, Hilton has hosted The Next Revolution, a weekly current affairs show for Fox News. He is a proponent of what he calls "positive populism" and a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump. He was a co-founder of Crowdpac, but was fired as CEO in 2018 due to conflicting values with the company.