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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What Silicon Valley can learn from upheavals at Uber

    Uber’s “break everything and pick up the pieces later” ethos is now broken. The company’s CEO is on indefinite leave. And an internal investigation recommends a top-to-bottom culture change. What does this mean for the rest of Silicon Valley?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 15, 2017 • 1 min read

    Uber’s “break everything and pick up the pieces later” ethos is now broken. The company’s CEO is on indefinite leave. And an internal investigation recommends a top-to-bottom culture change. What does this mean for the rest of Silicon Valley?

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    Will Uber's fall change Silicon Valley?
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Will Uber's fall change Silicon Valley?
    1. 0:00What Silicon Valley can learn from upheavals at UberYou’re reading this
    2. 9:25Is the US to blame for a massacre in Mexico?
    3. 22:45‘The Keepers' filmmaker seeks justice for victims abused by Baltimore priest
    4. 35:53Baltimore Archdiocese highlights inaccuracies in 'The Keepers'
    5. 41:15Jerry West switches teams: Another nail in the Lakers' coffin?
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