ENCORE: System Error — Part 1
In this two-episode conversation, Stanford Professors Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein join Ron Steslow to discuss their book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot.
(05:42) Why they decided to write their book
(10:56) How venture capital has shaped Silicon Valley
(19:04) Optimization mindset meets Democracy
(37:36) Our privacy boundaries when it comes to government and private companies
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