50 Things That Made the Modern Economy | 17 February 2020 | 0h 09m | Listen Later 
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Tim Harford delves into the history of algorithms, their use by mathematicians and scientists for millennia, and the new power and importance they’ve acquired in the digital age.
Tag: Algorithms
Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
Hidden Forces | 9 October 2018 | 0h 59m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with mathematician and public educator, Hannah Fry, author of Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms. Uses lots of stories to introduce and classify algorithms; discusses responsibility and human behaviour in response to algorithms; and a real-world example of the trolley problem of who to kill.
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