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Encore: System Error — Part 2

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In the second part of 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

(07:11) The modern day trolley problem

(16:54) Reorienting invention toward problem solving

(23:16) The other skills tech companies need

(28:53) The problem of the inventor/CEO

(39:57) What companies and governments can do to reshape how big tech operates

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