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Desire to scale as quickly as possible against some of the evident social harms that we see of technology whether it's on young people, whether it's on the quality and health of our democracy, whether it's on the plight of workers who are seeing their jobs disappear as a result of automation. we need tech to look at what it's building with that ethical lens and begin to set some constraints on its own choices in addition to looking to constraints that might come from elsewhere. steve: yes, exactly. what an -- honestly, i cannot recommend this book highly enough. system error. it's really smart...

Desire to scale as quickly as possible against some of the evident social harms that we see of technology whether it's on young people, whether it's on the quality and health of our democracy, whether it's on the plight of workers who are seeing their jobs disappear as a result of automation. we need tech to look at what it's building with that ethical lens and begin to set some constraints on its own choices in addition to looking to constraints that might come from elsewhere. steve: yes, exactly. what an -- honestly, i cannot recommend this book highly enough. system error. it's really smart...

Desire to scale as quickly as possible against some of the evident social harms that we see of technology whether it's on young people, whether it's on the quality and health of our democracy, whether it's on the plight of workers who are seeing their jobs disappear as a result of automation. we need tech to look at what it's building with that ethical lens and begin to set some constraints on its own choices in addition to looking to constraints that might come from elsewhere. steve: yes, exactly. what an -- honestly, i cannot recommend this book highly enough. system error. it's really smart...

If you're of a certain age and tend not to pay attention when parking, you've likely heard of DoNotPay. Built by a young Stanford savant, the app uses an automated chatbot to help users contest parking tickets. So far, so good? Not for the authors of System Error, a tome of "provocative insights and concrete solutions" for the most important tech problems of our day. DoNotPay is "exactly the type of story that gives us pause," the authors tell us: Parking tickets serve "important, legitimate purposes." What if too many citizens successfully contest their...