Anne Wojcicki on tech power: 'We are all complicit in making these people think they are gods'
SumitGup · x · 2026-11-14
Anne Wojcicki, founder of 23andMe and Sergey Brin's ex-wife, told Bloomberg: "Power corrupts, and people start to think they are invincible... We are all complicit in making these people think they are gods. And people do stupid things when they think they are untouchable."
The remarks come amid Silicon Valley group chats buzzing over the "Jensanity" narrative. Wojcicki, who separated from Brin in 2013, said the situation illustrates how a person's thinking gets warped when no one says no to them.
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