Announcing Ethics in Tech and Lack Thereof, a New and Free Book by...

Ethics in Tech and Lack Thereof by Vahid Razavi intends to encourage tech firms to use their power and influence in society for good. The book shares Razavi’s experience working both domestically and abroad as the founder of cloud computing startup BizCloud, and then as a senior manager within Amazon Web Services. His cinematic journey brought him through a visit to a Serbian mental hospital, various foreign embassies, and courtrooms during months of tense trademark litigation.

The book moves on to outline how tech firms can improve their ethical track record, especially concerning their treatment of workers, care for the environment, respect for civil liberties, and responsible stances on issues that surround emerging Artificial Intelligence technologies. The goal of this book is to raise public awareness of these topics in a fun, engaging way.

‘I’m not here to put big tech, or any tech, down. I use Amazon and social media myself and I work in the field. All I’m saying is, since the tech world has so much money and power, why not be transparent with all involved and use our influence for good?’ - Vahid Razavi

Vahid Razavi will share parts of his story and freely distribute copies of his book during the upcoming comedy roast of the San Francisco Bay Area’s biggest tech firms, which takes place December 14th at the Internet Archive. We’ve invited major tech firms, including Facebook, Amazon, Google, Uber, Accenture, IBM, Palantir, Apple, Cisco, Microsoft, and Lyft, to send representatives, as well as the Freedom of the Press Foundation and other organizations advocating civil liberties and social justice in the tech sector.

Comedians performing that night include:

Nicole Spain
Francesca Fiorentini
Will Durst
Jared Horning
Chloe McGovern

"Considering the daily revelations about privacy and security breaches and the ongoing surveillance and targeting of consumers, my hope is that the tech community has a sense of humility and humor. Comedy is a great way to break down barriers and educate the public at the same time. Therefore we have invited over 20 major tech firms to send representatives to the comedy night and we hope that they take this opportunity to laugh at the serious business of technology.” Vahid Razavi

Mr. Razavi was formerly the CEO of cloud software startup BizCloud, He has more than 20 years of sales, operations and customer service experience in the software and customer service industry. Mr. Razavi has been a lifelong peace activist. In addition to his pro-peace and pro-human rights activism, after Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA’s warrantless spying activities, he organized a set of ‘NSA Comedy Nights’ to raise awareness of domestic and international surveillance in violation of our civil liberties.

He’s traveled extensively abroad and become familiar with the impacts of technology and big business on some developing countries, and is the author of The Age of Nepotism, which deals with life and culture in the Balkans during the last recession.

For more information about Big Tech Comedy Roast event, please visit Eventbrite.

To download a free copy of the book please visit MyAWSStory.com.

For additional information please contact our publicist Cristina Deptula at cedeptula(at)sbcglobal(dot)net

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