Unhappy Truckers and Other Algorithmic Problems

Via Nautilus: modeling the real world, with constraints like melting ice cream and idiosyncratic human behavior, is often where the real challenge lies. As mathematicians, operations research specialists, and corporate executives set out to mathematize and optimize...

Considering the Horror of Zuckerbergian Dystopias

Via New York Times: Technologists are often utopianists. No one writer understands this bizarre world view better than Jaron Lanier. In his latest book, “Who Owns The Future?” Lanier critiques our current digital economy with an incredible wealth of insider’s...

Considering the Horror of Zuckerbergian Dystopias

Via New York Times: Technologists are often utopianists. No one writer understands this bizarre world view better than Jaron Lanier. In his latest book, “Who Owns The Future?” Lanier critiques our current digital economy with an incredible wealth of insider’s...