Episode 6.04 Move Slowly and Fix Things

Why is Silicon Valley so broken?

April 22, 2018

Tagged: ethics, religion, technology

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We dig into the reasons why so many Silicon Valley companies go so wrong. We talk about Chesterton’s fence. We manage to agree with each other by arguing about Apple. We talk about everything from community practices to antitrust.

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