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Re:Meta cuts Responsible Innovation Team by danrocks on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:20PM (#32781158)
"Zvika Krieger is a subversive ritualist and radical traditionalist who is passionate about harnessing ancient wisdom to create modern meaning, fostering mindfulness and authentic connection amidst digital distraction, and bridging the sacred and profane. Zvika is the Spiritual Leader of Chochmat HaLev, a progressive spiritual community in Berkeley, CA for embodied prayer, heart-centered connections, and mystical experiences. "

One of them is an apparent cult leader, for example.

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Re:Meta cuts Responsible Innovation Team by JumpCrisscross on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:24PM (#32781228)
> subversive ritualist and radical traditionalist

This sounds like the person I’d put in charge of a department designed to run in circles.

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Re:Meta cuts Responsible Innovation Team by InitialLastName on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:25PM (#32781248)
If they were a deacon in their church, you wouldn't blink at it.
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Re:Meta cuts Responsible Innovation Team by MichaelCollins on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:47PM (#32781620)
Many people in this industry would blink at that. I recall a whole lot of people on HN blinking at the christian beliefs (among other things) of the guy at Google who said the text generator was alive.
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Re:Meta cuts Responsible Innovation Team by worker767424 on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:58PM (#32781821)
His resume has some impressive accomplishments, but has enough BS that it makes me suspicious of what teaching courses on ethical design actually entails.
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