What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Tech's Mask Off Moment
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
When conservative writer Richard Hanania’s old posts, originally published under a pseudonym, came to light, people were shocked at just how racist and reactionary they were. Perhaps less shocking were the tech moguls who were revealed to be supporting him.
Guest: Anil Dash, technologist and writer, and the head of Glitch
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there TBD listeners, before we start the show, I want to let you know about a story |
| 0:07.2 | coming up a little later. |
| 0:09.0 | It's from one of our partners, SAP. |
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| 0:22.8 | next. |
| 0:23.8 | Learn more head to S-A-P dot com slash be ready. |
| 0:34.7 | My good friend Richard Hananya, I've gotten to know you over the last couple of years. |
| 0:39.8 | A few months ago, GOP presidential candidate and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami talked |
| 0:45.5 | about affirmative action on his podcast. |
| 0:48.7 | Near the end of the episode, his guest, Richard Hananya, told a story about his time in law |
| 0:53.4 | school at the University of Chicago. |
| 0:56.3 | When two of his peers were discussing another student who'd failed the bar exam. |
| 1:00.3 | People filled the bar. |
| 1:01.3 | So it was something they were talking about. |
| 1:02.3 | And they're like, oh, he's a white male. |
| 1:04.0 | That's very strange. |
| 1:05.0 | And they're like, oh, no, I heard he might be Hispanic. |
| 1:07.0 | And their assumption was if he was a white male, he would have gotten to University of |
| 1:10.0 | Chicago Law School on merit. |
| 1:11.0 | He wouldn't have failed the bar. |
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