In 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.

(05:42) Why they decided to write their book

(10:56) How venture capital has shaped Silicon Valley

(19:04) Optimization mindset meets Democracy

(37:36) Our privacy boundaries when it comes to government and private companies

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