Zvika Krieger

Yeah. And I think that I definitely relate to that. And I think that that's like to the extent that I quote unquote left orthodoxy, though I like to pretend that I haven't really left orthodoxy. But to the extent that I've left, it was actually more for like social reasons and that like the people in those communities tended to be more socially conservative and that's politically conservative.

And just like not into the kind of stuff that I was into and tended not to be like particularly interested in the world, particularly interested in things beyond their sort of parochial bucket list. bowl that they lived in. And then like, I'd go hang out with like my cool friends who were like into all the things I was into, but they're just like, oh, religion? Like, that's weird.

And just like not into the kind of stuff that I was into and tended not to be like particularly interested in the world, particularly interested in things beyond their sort of parochial bucket list. bowl that they lived in. And then like, I'd go hang out with like my cool friends who were like into all the things I was into, but they're just like, oh, religion? Like, that's weird.

And just like not into the kind of stuff that I was into and tended not to be like particularly interested in the world, particularly interested in things beyond their sort of parochial bucket list. bowl that they lived in. And then like, I'd go hang out with like my cool friends who were like into all the things I was into, but they're just like, oh, religion? Like, that's weird.

Like, why are you keeping Shabbat? God? And so I'd say that like that tension in my 20s is what kind of led me down into this spiritual leadership route, because I was just like, I mean, there was still a long ways to go until I got there. But it was a sense of like, well, I don't fit in here. I don't fit in there. I guess I kind of got to create for myself what I want.

Like, why are you keeping Shabbat? God? And so I'd say that like that tension in my 20s is what kind of led me down into this spiritual leadership route, because I was just like, I mean, there was still a long ways to go until I got there. But it was a sense of like, well, I don't fit in here. I don't fit in there. I guess I kind of got to create for myself what I want.

Like, why are you keeping Shabbat? God? And so I'd say that like that tension in my 20s is what kind of led me down into this spiritual leadership route, because I was just like, I mean, there was still a long ways to go until I got there. But it was a sense of like, well, I don't fit in here. I don't fit in there. I guess I kind of got to create for myself what I want.

Yeah, I mean, I'd say probably, like, the headline is ADHD. LAUGHTER But, okay, the quickest, dirtiest sketch is, you know, graduate college, become a journalist, work in Newsweek in New York. Because I spoke Arabic, they send me to the Middle East. I become their Middle East correspondent, lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a couple years.

Yeah, I mean, I'd say probably, like, the headline is ADHD. LAUGHTER But, okay, the quickest, dirtiest sketch is, you know, graduate college, become a journalist, work in Newsweek in New York. Because I spoke Arabic, they send me to the Middle East. I become their Middle East correspondent, lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a couple years.

Yeah, I mean, I'd say probably, like, the headline is ADHD. LAUGHTER But, okay, the quickest, dirtiest sketch is, you know, graduate college, become a journalist, work in Newsweek in New York. Because I spoke Arabic, they send me to the Middle East. I become their Middle East correspondent, lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a couple years.

move to DC for the first time, work at the New Republic for a couple years, work at the Atlantic for a couple years, work as a writer, editor, all sorts of different things, work at a Middle East think tank, work in the Defense Department, work at the State Department.

move to DC for the first time, work at the New Republic for a couple years, work at the Atlantic for a couple years, work as a writer, editor, all sorts of different things, work at a Middle East think tank, work in the Defense Department, work at the State Department.

move to DC for the first time, work at the New Republic for a couple years, work at the Atlantic for a couple years, work as a writer, editor, all sorts of different things, work at a Middle East think tank, work in the Defense Department, work at the State Department.

And then John Kerry, who was the Secretary of State at the time, was like, hey, like, all this stuff is happening in Silicon Valley. And like, it's like really affecting policy. And we don't have anyone whose job it is to like, Build relationships with Silicon Valley. And I was running the innovation lab at the time at the State Department.

And then John Kerry, who was the Secretary of State at the time, was like, hey, like, all this stuff is happening in Silicon Valley. And like, it's like really affecting policy. And we don't have anyone whose job it is to like, Build relationships with Silicon Valley. And I was running the innovation lab at the time at the State Department.

And then John Kerry, who was the Secretary of State at the time, was like, hey, like, all this stuff is happening in Silicon Valley. And like, it's like really affecting policy. And we don't have anyone whose job it is to like, Build relationships with Silicon Valley. And I was running the innovation lab at the time at the State Department.

for Trump. And so I taught at Stanford. So I studied design as an undergrad. So I went back and I taught in the design school at Stanford. And then I got hired by the World Economic Forum, like the Davos people, to set up a hub for them in the Bay Area focused on ethical tech, responsible tech. So I did that for a couple of years.

for Trump. And so I taught at Stanford. So I studied design as an undergrad. So I went back and I taught in the design school at Stanford. And then I got hired by the World Economic Forum, like the Davos people, to set up a hub for them in the Bay Area focused on ethical tech, responsible tech. So I did that for a couple of years.

for Trump. And so I taught at Stanford. So I studied design as an undergrad. So I went back and I taught in the design school at Stanford. And then I got hired by the World Economic Forum, like the Davos people, to set up a hub for them in the Bay Area focused on ethical tech, responsible tech. So I did that for a couple of years.

And then Facebook hired me to be their first ever head of ethics, director of responsible innovation. What was that one like? You know, it's definitely the job title that gets the most snickers. And when they reached out to me, like when the recruiter first reached out to me, he referred to the job as chief ethics officer at Facebook. And I just, and I burst out laughing.