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How algorithms shape our world, for better and for worse
Manage episode 419673923 series 1093146
We hear about algorithms all the time, but what is an algorithm exactly? This hour, we learn about how algorithms work, a bit about their history, and how they're impacting our culture.
GUESTS:
- Ed Finn: Author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing, and founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University
- Bruce Gil: Reporter for Quartz
- Liz Pelly: Writer and editor, whose forthcoming book is Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
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Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.
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Chapters
1. A (00:00:00)
2. B (00:21:15)
3. C (00:36:40)
2789 episodes
Manage episode 419673923 series 1093146
We hear about algorithms all the time, but what is an algorithm exactly? This hour, we learn about how algorithms work, a bit about their history, and how they're impacting our culture.
GUESTS:
- Ed Finn: Author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing, and founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University
- Bruce Gil: Reporter for Quartz
- Liz Pelly: Writer and editor, whose forthcoming book is Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show.
The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.
Colin McEnroe and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.
Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. A (00:00:00)
2. B (00:21:15)
3. C (00:36:40)
2789 episodes
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