In this episode of “Technically Human,” I sit down with Dex Torricke-Hunter. We talk about Dex’s movement from working in the United Nations to working with some of the biggest names in tech, we talk about the global implications of social media driven connectivity, and we discuss whether we should really “move fast and break things.”
Dex Hunter-Torricke is head of communications for the Oversight Board, the new independent body that will be making binding decisions on Facebook and Instagram’s most challenging content issues. During his career, Dex has served in a string of high-profile roles across the tech and policy worlds, including as head of communications for SpaceX, head of executive communications for Facebook – including four years as speechwriter for Mark Zuckerberg – and as Google’s first executive speechwriter, where he worked with Eric Schmidt and Larry Page. Before that, he was a speechwriter for the office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
In 2016, a week after the US election Dex left his job at SpaceX to spend the next 18 months focusing on working with leaders on social and political causes, including advising political leaders and candidates in Europe and the US. Dex is a New York Times-bestselling ghostwriter and frequent public speaker on technology issues.
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