Zvika Krieger

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.

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.

And I was like, this sounds like an Onion article. But, you know, eventually what, and I spent a lot of time like talking to like all the people I'd be working with. I was like, okay, like this actually sounds like it's legit. But I love the job, you know, despite all the sort of snickers of people. I didn't like, they're like, oh, you did a really good job. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, okay, fair.

And I was like, this sounds like an Onion article. But, you know, eventually what, and I spent a lot of time like talking to like all the people I'd be working with. I was like, okay, like this actually sounds like it's legit. But I love the job, you know, despite all the sort of snickers of people. I didn't like, they're like, oh, you did a really good job. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, okay, fair.

And I was like, this sounds like an Onion article. But, you know, eventually what, and I spent a lot of time like talking to like all the people I'd be working with. I was like, okay, like this actually sounds like it's legit. But I love the job, you know, despite all the sort of snickers of people. I didn't like, they're like, oh, you did a really good job. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, okay, fair.

I didn't totally transform the business model there and zero out any harm that was being caused in the product. But I built a 40-person team there, and we reviewed hundreds of products before they were released, actually pretty early in the product development process. And we were able to sort of figure out or like anticipate like how might these products harm people.

I didn't totally transform the business model there and zero out any harm that was being caused in the product. But I built a 40-person team there, and we reviewed hundreds of products before they were released, actually pretty early in the product development process. And we were able to sort of figure out or like anticipate like how might these products harm people.

I didn't totally transform the business model there and zero out any harm that was being caused in the product. But I built a 40-person team there, and we reviewed hundreds of products before they were released, actually pretty early in the product development process. And we were able to sort of figure out or like anticipate like how might these products harm people.

And like I found the engineers and the product managers to be quite like well-meaning and being like, oh, wow, like we hadn't thought about this, right? It's not their job to think about or it's not their mindset to think about. Like you don't wake up every morning being like, how is this thing that I'm working on going to harm people, right?

And like I found the engineers and the product managers to be quite like well-meaning and being like, oh, wow, like we hadn't thought about this, right? It's not their job to think about or it's not their mindset to think about. Like you don't wake up every morning being like, how is this thing that I'm working on going to harm people, right?

And like I found the engineers and the product managers to be quite like well-meaning and being like, oh, wow, like we hadn't thought about this, right? It's not their job to think about or it's not their mindset to think about. Like you don't wake up every morning being like, how is this thing that I'm working on going to harm people, right?

So like having a team that is their job, like it actually made it a lot easier.

So like having a team that is their job, like it actually made it a lot easier.

So like having a team that is their job, like it actually made it a lot easier.

Yeah, I'd just walk into a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, open my Talmud, and just be like, Mark, it says it right here in the Talmud. You've got to change the newsfeed algorithm. No, I mean, it's interesting because I think actually when they recruited me, I'm just like, first of all, I just want to let you guys know that I'm not a very ethical person. We're like, that's okay. Even better.

Yeah, I'd just walk into a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, open my Talmud, and just be like, Mark, it says it right here in the Talmud. You've got to change the newsfeed algorithm. No, I mean, it's interesting because I think actually when they recruited me, I'm just like, first of all, I just want to let you guys know that I'm not a very ethical person. We're like, that's okay. Even better.

Yeah, I'd just walk into a meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, open my Talmud, and just be like, Mark, it says it right here in the Talmud. You've got to change the newsfeed algorithm. No, I mean, it's interesting because I think actually when they recruited me, I'm just like, first of all, I just want to let you guys know that I'm not a very ethical person. We're like, that's okay. Even better.

But I'm not like a conceptual ethicist. I have no professional background in ethics. Right. I don't come with like frameworks for like ethical reasoning and things like that. But basically, like the first thing that I really tried to impart to people was like, number one, like it's generally not right versus wrong.

But I'm not like a conceptual ethicist. I have no professional background in ethics. Right. I don't come with like frameworks for like ethical reasoning and things like that. But basically, like the first thing that I really tried to impart to people was like, number one, like it's generally not right versus wrong.

But I'm not like a conceptual ethicist. I have no professional background in ethics. Right. I don't come with like frameworks for like ethical reasoning and things like that. But basically, like the first thing that I really tried to impart to people was like, number one, like it's generally not right versus wrong.