Damon Horowitz

Damon Horowitz is a philosophy professor at Columbia University and serial entrepreneur.

Horowitz earned a BA from Columbia University, a Master's from the MIT Media Lab, and studied computer science at Stanford University.[1] He began his career in technology, later returning to Stanford to earn a PhD in philosophy.[2] He was a co-founder of the search engine Aardvark, Perspecta, and Novation Biosciences.[3] He was also In-House Philosopher/Director of Engineering at Google.[4]

Horowitz currently teaches philosophy at Columbia University.

References

  1. "Speaker: Damon Horowitz". Web 2.0 Expo, 2009. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  2. Carolyn Gregoire (March 5, 2014). "The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing The World Of Business". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. "Damon Horowitz: Philosopher, Entrepreneur". TED Conferences. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  4. Anthony Ha (May 14, 2011). "Google's in-house philosopher: Technologists need a "moral operating system"". Venturebeat. Retrieved May 24, 2016.

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