EP 156 ARE WE OVER RELIANT ON TECHNOLOGY AND BIG DATA?
We see in the headlines that there are coming technological breakthroughs that promise a more certain future, from the ability to individualize medicine to target your body’s specific needs to self driving cars which will make you even more efficient as it frees up travel time for more work activity. It’s all quite appealing, but is it correct? Dr. Edward Tenner, author of ‘The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can’t Do’ suggests we not suspend human judgment and intellect just yet and yield to large databases and algorithms in order to achieve progress. he is not a Luddite, by any means, but he will explain in this podcast how the efficiency paradox works, its costs and how to balance intution and technology.
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