The technology companies driving the genomic revolution are modeling themselves after their predecessors in Silicon Valley. Many bioethicists take note that the same value system, often a mix of new age spiritualism mixed with a tech ethic of “go fast and break things,” is being used as a justification to move the technologies of life far past government regulations and what the rest of society is prepared for spiritually. But even as the new genomic revolution is getting started, Silicon Valley is entering into a period of self-reflection. Our guides for this discussion are Gaymon Bennet, a philosopher at Arizona State university and Barry Brown, the founder of Human (ethos) and an advisor to Singularity University.

Episode Guests

Barry Brown has been involved in the field of individual and team transformation for the past 30 years.

Gaymon Bennet works on the problem of modernity in contemporary religion and biotechnology: its shifting moral economies, contested power relations, and uncertain modes of subjectivity.

Reference links for this episode

https://www.google.com/search?q=gaymon+bennet&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS999US999&oq=gaymon+bennet&aqs=chrome..69i57.2233j0j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ip=1
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/19/dark-side-of-tech-silicon-valley-guardian
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11464826/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/opinion/google-big-tech-work-culture.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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