Stanford, Silicon Valley, and the pursuit of power | The Gray Area

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What should a college teach? How to think? How to find a career? How to be a good citizen? What about how to acquire money, influence, and power? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In today’s episode, guest host Bryan Walsh speaks to journalist and writer Theo Baker about his investigation into Stanford University, where Baker was an undergrad student at the time. He entered the school as a bright-eye freshman, eager to build a career in tech. He left disillusioned by the school’s culture. His book reveals an insidious relationship between Silicon Valley and Stanford, where power, money, and success are prized higher than ethics, education, and the wellbeing of students. Guest Host: Bryan Walsh, Senior writer, Coefficient Giving Guest: Theo Baker, author of How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University 00:00 Intro 02:06 Stanford: myth vs. reality 05:56 The ‘Stanford inside Stanford’ 13:51 Is there University oversight? 19:23 Regulating parties but

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