Every algorithm in tech reflects hidden priorities of behinds-the-scenes powers, namely tech’s founders and funders. Even small biases introduced in a technology’s founding code base can proliferate into full-blown injustices when brought to scale, making the early priorities of founders and funders all the more significant. To ensure founders and funders prioritize ethical considerations when building tomorrow’s tech, we must first understand why they weren’t prioritized before. This is the purpose of this talk: to explore how early web coder culture and its devout embrace of meritocracy – celebrating programming skills over prestigious degrees; peer collaborations over hierarchies -- effectively banished the idea that the digital era's new “gods” – tech’s founders and funders – might actually be the same as those of our analogue past: a tiny slice of almost exclusively those born into substantial social privilege and intergenerational wealth. From this context, the talk details how tech’s "No Gods” problem continues to quietly fuel algorithmic bias and block meaningful progress on prioritizing ethical algorithms, despite what may very well be the best of intentions to do better among all involved. The talk concludes with concrete ways to course correct for future tech development, starting with diversifying the pool of founders and founders to reflect a broader range of lived experiences.