Communal Living, Sex, And Silicon Valley's Groupthink Problem — With Ellen Huet

How does Silicon Valley, a place so known for out-of-the-box and independent ideas, fall so often into groupthink? We'll get into it right after this. This episode is brought to you by Genesis. What does it actually take to put a GenTic AI to work across an entire enterprise? I recently spoke with Genesis chairman and CEO Tony Bates about why orchestration is emerging as a competitive advantage in customer experience and what companies need to get right in the AI era.

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We're joined today by Ellen Hewitt. She is a features writer at Bloomberg News and the author of a new book. And here it is. It's called Empire of Orgasm, Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult. Wild title,

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