Intelligence Squared US: Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul?

Specials | Mar 15, 2019

Silicon Valley once promised to solve many of the world’s problems with a technological revolution. But today the tech hub is the center of much scrutiny -- from privacy violations to flawed business models to a lack of diversity -- Silicon Valley has seemingly betrayed its idealism. But the valley's proponents believe that big tech’s detractors simply expect too much from lucrative corporations, and that its original "do good" attitude remains intact.

Intelligence Squared US- Has Silicon Valley Lost Its Soul? with debaters Noam Cohen, Journalist & Author; Dipayan Ghosh, Pozen Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center; Leslie Berlin, Historian, Silicon Balley Archives & Author; Joshua McKenty, Vice President at Pivotal.

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