Ep 78: Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein | Confronting uncomfortable questions about technology's role in our lives

Social media and "Big Tech" are at the forefront of a lot of peoples' minds these days with the news Elon Musk's bid to purchase Twitter.   Technology's role and importance in our lives are obvious, but with all of the advancements we've seen and experienced, one must ask if it has all been beneficial or positive.   This is the major question my guests this week seek to ask. Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein are Stanford University professors and co-authors of the book System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot, along with their third co-author, Rob Reich.   I would describe System Error as a book filled with questions, questions that should have been asked years ago that never were, and questions that we should be asking now as technology continues to push forward. And while the authors post numerous questions about technology's role in shaping our society, they leave many of the questions unanswered, as these are clearly issues and challenges that require more than just three peoples' perspectives.   Find out more about Rob, Mehran, and Jeremy and their book, System Error, at https://systemerrorbook.com.