Listen "EP 487: Rethinking Our Tech Mythology"
Episode Synopsis
The tech industry has a central role in shaping our work, our communication, and even our identities. Its mythology is woven into the products and services we use on a daily basis. So understanding how the people leading the tech industry think—how they perceive their own stories and generate their own hype—is a solid step toward making sense of what can seem so nonsensical.And there is one book I go back to over and over again when I need to make sense of our mythologies of disruption and failure, value and genius—and that's What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub.In this episode, I share 3 ideas from that book that help me make sense of the headlines shaping politics, business, and work.Footnotes:What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub"Mark Zuckerberg" on In Bed With The RightFind a text version of this episode at whatworks.fyi!
(00:00) - Introduction
(02:00) - What Tech Calls Thinking by Adrian Daub
(04:34) - Idea 1: Silicon Valley is a mythology.
(08:37) - Idea 2: Gender becomes encoded in all judgments of value.
(13:01) - Idea 3: Money does not follow merit, nor vice versa.
(16:39) - The Last Word
(18:07) - Credits
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