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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Do big tech companies have an empathy gap?

    What do companies owe their workers, and what responsibility do they have when technology replaces those workers?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 9, 2016 • 1 min read

    What do companies owe their workers, and what responsibility do they have when technology replaces those workers?

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    The vanishing American dream and the moral responsibility of tech companies
    1. 0:00The American dream is vanishing for millennials, say researchers
    2. 8:48Do big tech companies have an empathy gap?You’re reading this
    3. 17:36The scandalous impeachment of South Korea’s first female president
    4. 26:53Will Americans flock to anime filmmaker Makoto Shinkai?
    5. 38:52Reimagining Hansel and Gretel in Los Angeles
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand