Episode 434: Behind The Scenes At Google/YouTube w/ Christian Gruber
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06/22/20 • 81 min
81 Minutes
Some Strong Language
Christian Gruber is a software engineer at Square who spent the better part of ten years working for Alphabet's Google and YouTube divisions. He talks about the culture there, answers questions about their dealings with China, goes over the James Damore incident and talks about being in the YouTube cafeteria when the shooting started on April 3rd, 2018. He starts out talking about an interaction he had on Twitter with some folks who claimed that Mises' economic calculation problem had been solved by A.I. He explains that their starting premise is faulty and gives a great overview of why the problem of central planning hasn't been solved yet.
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81 Minutes
Some Strong Language
Christian Gruber is a software engineer at Square who spent the better part of ten years working for Alphabet's Google and YouTube divisions. He talks about the culture there, answers questions about their dealings with China, goes over the James Damore incident and talks about being in the YouTube cafeteria when the shooting started on April 3rd, 2018. He starts out talking about an interaction he had on Twitter with some folks who claimed that Mises' economic calculation problem had been solved by A.I. He explains that their starting premise is faulty and gives a great overview of why the problem of central planning hasn't been solved yet.
Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course
Donate at the Libertarian Institute
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