The Tech Cults of Silicon Valley

You've probably never thought that the workplace could be a cult. After all, we usually assume that cults are strange religious things. But, in this episode, I consider the case laid out by Carolyn Chen that many of the tech firms in Silicon Valley perfectly fit the definition of a cult. Her book is titled Work Pray Code: How Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley. She doesn't argue that work is 'like' religion; instead, she claims that, for many people in Silicon Valley, work has effectively become their religion, a religion so encompassing and demanding that it can be defined as a cult.