S5 EP3: Can Big Tech Be Healed?

Chaplain Greg Epstein is guiding technologists to find their moral compass.

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.

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