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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S6 EP6 STEP 6: THE TIMELINE
S6 EP5 STEP 5: THE PATHS
S6 EP4 STEP 4: THE MATCH
S6 EP3 STEP 3: THE WEIRD IDEAS
S6 EP2 STEP 2: THE VISION
S6 EP1 STEP 1: THE PULSE
S5 EP6: The Case of the Lost American Dream
S5 EP5: Changing Our Relationship to STUFF
S5 EP4: Carrie Goldberg is the Troll Slayer
S5 EP2: Why Arlan Hamilton Still Believes Capitalism is the Great Equalizer
S5 EP1: Eric Ries' Radical Stock Market Experiment
The zigs and zags just keep coming. Welcome to Season 5.
End of A Partnership
S4 EP22: Mailchimp’s CEO On Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Business Without Being an A$$hole
S4 EP21: Being Ethnically Ambiguous At Work
S4 EP20: How Valerie Jarrett Turned Her Misery Into Motivation
S4 EP19: The Guy Who Quit Planes for Good
S4 EP18: Don't Tie a Pink Ribbon for Kate Pickert
S4 EP17: Helping Your Relationship Survive Your Job
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