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How Algorithms Shape our World
Kevin Slavin gives a TED talk about the growing, and sometimes unintended, impact of algorithms on our lives. Key quote: It’s a bright future, if you’re an algorithm. He tells of a book on Amazon whose price rose into the millions … Continue reading
Advances in the Developing World, and in Graphics
In a talk by Marc Faber that I attended recently, he showed how quickly the developing world has advanced economically, and he argued that it should not be ignored by investors. In this entertaining talk Hans Rosling, a Swedish doctor … Continue reading
The Well-Tempered Spreadsheet 