• Carolyn Chen on Why Big Tech is Now Also Big Religion

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

    In this episode, Andrew is joined by Carolyn Chen, the author of Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley.

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    Carolyn Chen is an associate professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, and Comparative Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on two areas: work and religion in contemporary America, and religion, race, and ethnicity, especially among Asian Americans.


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