Greg Epstein
Humanist Chaplain @Harvard & @MIT. NYTimes bestseller @GoodWithoutGod. Now exploring ethics @TechCrunch: on tech as a religion in which I'm agnostic. Open DMs
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‘Am I as brave as I think I am?’ MIT Media Lab student Arwa Mboya on the aftermath of a scandal
It’s been another hard week at MIT. Our campus has been divided by revelations of inappropriate fundraising, coverups, and the harboring of far too many tech geniuses who seemingly put their own interests and careers over the safety of women, among...
Make sure you affirm and support risk-takers in public, not in private with microappreciations
Microappreciations hurt, especially when you really needed someone to stand in solidarity with you in public. What good is showing solidarity privately when you failed to do so for a harm that occurred publicly?
Out of Time | Astra Taylor
Listening to the climate’s clock.
Climate Strike
A coalition of tech industry workers, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends cultivating solidarity among all workers in tech.
Tech Workers Climate March: Meeting Locations
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Country,City,Meeting time,Location,Notes,External Link
US,New York City,noon,Foley Square, at the corner of Centre and Worth, across from the sanitation dept,Tech workers will meet at noon, and will walk together to join the main march at 1....
Opinion: UC investments are going fossil free. But not exactly for the reasons you may think
Divesting is less a moral imperative than risk-averse stewardship of the university's endowment and pension fund.
I Was a Low-Income College Student. Classes Weren’t the Hard Part.
Schools must learn that when you come from poverty, you need more than financial aid to succeed.
Facing the Great Reckoning Head-On
Last night, I was honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Alongside Oakland Privacy and William Gibson, I received a 2019…
The MIT Media Lab controversy and getting back to ‘radical courage’, with Media Lab student Arwa Mboya
People win prestigious prizes in tech all the time, but there is something different about The Bold Prize. Unless you’ve been living under a literal or proverbial rock, you’ve probably heard something about the late Jeffrey Epstein, a notorious...
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy
With the bill’s passage, California’s ride-hailing drivers, food-delivery couriers, janitors and others are set to be reclassified as employees and not contractors.
California Passes Landmark Bill to Remake Gig Economy
With the bill’s passage, California’s ride-hailing drivers, food-delivery couriers, janitors and others are set to be reclassified as employees and not contractors.
Uber Lays Off Hundreds More Workers as It Struggles to Make Money
The ride-hailing company laid off 435 workers on Tuesday, following a round of layoffs in July.
Amazon employees step up pressure on climate issues, plan walkout Sept. 20
The action is planned in support of a student strike aimed at pressuring Seattle companies to reduce their carbon footprints. Amazon is expected to disclose its first companywide carbon footprint sometime this year.
Dozens of Google employees say they were retaliated against for reporting harassment
Nearly a year after Google’s #MeToo walkout, a previously unreported internal document details dozens of employees’ stories of harassment and retaliation for reporting workplace issues.
Previously Unknown Sources Come Forward in a New Book About Harvey Weinstein
“She Said,” by The New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, names some of the people who turned against the influential producer, as well as ones who helped cover up his alleged predation.
The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites
The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money
'It's all gone': shattered Bahamas counts cost of Hurricane Dorian's destruction
Lashing rain, 185mph winds – the ferocious storm has left 30 dead and hundreds missing. Oliver Laughland reports from the rubble of Grand Bahama
BREAKING: Dean of students allegedly resigns after pictures of past tweets surface
According to UA officials, Jamie R. Riley, who has been the University of Alabama’s assistant vice president and dean of students for six months, resigned from his position on Thursday, Sept. 5. Riley was named to the position on Dec. 13, 2018...