S5 EP3: Can Big Tech Be Healed?

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 4:30 a.m.

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From his posts at\\xa0Harvard\\xa0and\\xa0M.I.T.,\\xa0Greg Epstein\\xa0observed that the tech industry\\u2013 with its hierarchies and sacred texts\\u2013looked a lot like a religion\\u2026and his students worshipped at the alter of\\xa0Elon 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\\xa0TechCrunch\\u2019s ethicist-in-residence\\xa0and bring his\\xa0Humanist\\xa0perspective 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.

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This is the third episode of\\xa0Season 5\\xa0which explains six systemic problems and profiles six amazing people working to fix them.

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Tell Manoush what\\u2019s going on with your career or company during these strange times @ZigZagPod on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0and\\xa0Instagram\\xa0or send a voice memo to ZigZag@StableG.com. You can also just say hi\\xa0@ManoushZ.

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