Can Big Tech Reform Itself?

Mehran Sahami, a Stanford professor and former Google employee,
wants to see a reset from the technology industry. For the past few
decades, the world's technologists (many of whom become its
corporate executives and venture capitalists) have been taught to
prioritize optimization and efficiency without thinking a whole lot
about ethics. The result has been stunning corporate success but
significant costs to society. Sahami argues that regulation can
certainly help right the balance. But he also believes that tech
company leaders and employees can shift their mindsets and
practices to ensure they're serving the greater good, not just
themselves. He's the coauthor, along with Rob Reich and Jeremy
Weinstein, of "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We
Can Reboot."