S5 EP3: Can Big Tech Be Healed?

From his posts at Harvard and M.I.T. , Greg Epstein observed that the tech industry– with its hierarchies and sacred texts–looked a lot like a religion…and his students worshipped at the alter of Elon Musk . The chaplain wondered: how could he counsel techies to build more humane products? On this episode, Greg explains why he decided to take an unusual side gig as TechCrunch’s ethicist-in-residence and bring his Humanist perspective to Silicon Valley. He also shares how he became an atheist chaplain, why he thinks so many college students are obsessed with exceptionalism, and his own personal epiphany about what it means to be human. This is the third episode of Season 5 which explains six systemic problems and profiles six amazing people working to fix them. Tell Manoush what’s going on with your career or company during these strange times @ZigZagPod on Twitter and Instagram or send a voice memo to ZigZag@StableG.com . You can also just say hi @ManoushZ . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S5 EP3: Can Big Tech Be Healed? is an episode from ZigZag by TED and Stable Genius Productions.

This episode is 34:28 long.

This episode was published on Aug 6, 2020.

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