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SUMMARY:Funny as Tech: Should NYC Be the Tech Capital of the World?! S
 pecial guests Dennis Crowley\, Melissa Jun Rowley\, & Allison Esposito
 !
DESCRIPTION:“In this live show\, comedy and tech come together at last
 . Each month\, the tech ethicist David Ryan Polgar and the comedian Jo
 e Leonardo invite a wide range of guests to pick apart and laugh about
  such matters as algorithms and artificial intelligence.” -The New Yor
 k Times\n\nWill Silicon Valley be disrupted?! While SV is noted for it
 s unique “secret sauce” environmental conditioned that promote innovat
 ion\, the current techlash has also exposed its vulnerabilities. So…\n
 \nDoes New York City has a more ideal ecosystem and ability to overtak
 e Silicon Valley as the tech capital of the world?!\n\nJoin us on Wed\
 , November 14th for the next Funny as Tech LIVE show where we explore 
 this probing question with special guests Dennis Crowley (co-founder &
  chairman of Foursquare)\, Melissa Jun Rowley (social impact entrepren
 eur)\, and Allison Esposito (founder & CEO of Tech Ladies). Funny as T
 ech tackles the thorniest issues in technology…inside a comedy theater
 . Co-hosts David Ryan Polgar (tech ethicist) and Joe Leonardo (UCB com
 edian) invite a range of experts to have a free range panel conversati
 on that is far looser — but also far more illuminating and engaging — 
 than the typical buttoned-up talking points delivered through media or
  conferences.\n\nWHY THIS TOPIC?\n\nNYC has a thriving tech scene. New
  York City is currently ranked #2 in the amount of venture capital pou
 ring into startups. It also has an ecosystem (media capital of the wor
 ld\, diverse population less siloed\, most college students in the US\
 , close to DC\, the United Nations\, easy plane rides from San Fran & 
 Europe) that may be ideally matched for today as the societal implicat
 ions of tech creation and deployment become more clear. On the flip si
 de\, Silicon Valley has proven resilient in maintaining its massive ed
 ge at the tech capital over the years while other cities have tried to
  replicate its model.
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URL:https://thepit-nyc.com/events/funny-as-tech/
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