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Does the Tech Industry Need a Reboot?

2025/5/27
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Telly Whitney: 我认为科技行业需要改革，因为它目前的文化具有排他性，未能充分发挥多样性带来的益处。我观察到，许多科技公司，尤其是那些源于“PayPal黑帮”的公司，倾向于雇佣与他们相似的人，这导致了“技术专家”的刻板印象，使得许多女性和少数群体感到不归属。这种文化不仅限制了创新，也导致了对社会负面影响的忽视，例如社交媒体和人工智能领域。我相信，通过纳入不同的观点，我们可以创造出更好、更包容的技术，从而使每个人受益。我希望看到科技领导者对那些既能创造伟大技术，又能避免潜在风险的想法持开放态度，共同构建一个更美好的科技未来。

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The tech industry, while innovative, faces criticism for negative consequences of its practices, including social media's impact on mental health and polarization, and AI's environmental effects. The discussion questions the industry's incentives to change despite its massive success and profitability.
  • Tech industry's negative consequences: social media's impact on mental health and polarization, AI's environmental effects
  • Lack of incentive for change despite massive success and profitability

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Although we’ve seen great successes come out of the technology sector in recent decades, many critics — and even some insiders — say it’s due for an overhaul. As a longtime Silicon Valley engineer and executive and cofounder of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference, Telle Whitney argues that tech culture is still too closed-off and unwelcoming to different points of view, which leads to products and services that aren’t as good as they could be — for consumers and society. She thinks the industry — and corporate tech departments — can stay innovative while also becoming more inclusive and shares her advice for leaders who want to help. Whitney is the author of the new book Rebooting Tech Culture: How to Ignite Innovation and Build Organizations Where Everyone Can Thrive.