Mehran Sahami on the Sacrifices We're Making Because of Big Tech

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Mehran Sahami on the Sacrifices We're Making Because of Big Tech

Andrew Keen

Sep 27, 2021

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode of Keen On, Andrew is joined by Mehran Sahami, the author of System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, to discuss how big tech’s obsession with optimization and efficiency is sacrificing fundamental human values and what we can do to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves.

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