Joe Skarlupka and Kevin Lauterjung talk to Randall Munroe, creator of the popular blog xkcd and numerous books, including the new How To: Absurd Advice for Common Real-World Problems. In How To…, seemingly simple questions are answered in the most absurd, yet scientifically sound, ways possible. Questions like, “How can I be more on time?”, […]
Rebroadcast: Let’s Talk Big Data with Cathy O’Neil
Today’s episode is a rebroadcast from October 24, 2016. Patty is joined in the studio by Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction, to talk about big data. O’Neil argues that algorithms perpetuate inequality through their influence on advertising, jobs, education, voting, and democracy at large. Cathy O’Neil is a mathematician who has worked as […]
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil, author of “Weapons of Math Destruction,” stopped by the studio while in town for the Wisconsin Book Festival. Cathy O’Neil is author of the blog MathBabe. Previously she was a professor at Barnard College, where she published a number of research papers in arithmetic algebraic geometry. She then switched over to the private […]
