分类目录归档：people
It would be nice to be objective in life,
in many ways.
The problem is that we have these color-tinted glasses
as we look at all kinds of situations.
For example, think about something as simple as be
Today I wanted to -- well, this morning --
I want to talk about the future of human-driven transportation;
about how we can cut congestion, pollution and parking
by getting more people into fewer cars
How much do you need to know about a person
before you'd feel comfortable making a loan?
Suppose you wanted to lend 1,000 dollars
to the person sitting two rows behind you.
What would you need to know
There's a man out there, somewhere,
who looks a little bit like the actor Idris Elba,
or at least he did 20 years ago.
I don't know anything else about him,
except that he once saved my life
by puttin
Whether you like it or not,
radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making is coming at you fast,
and it's going to change your life.
That's because it's now easy to take algorithms
and embed th
We are all activists now.
(Applause)
Thank you.
I'll just stop here.
(Laughter)
From the families who are fighting to maintain funding for public schools,
the tens of thousands of people who joined Oc
So in 2011, I altered my name
so that I could participate in Far Right youth camp in Hungary.
I was doing a PhD looking at youth political socialization --
why young people were developing political i
How many companies have you interacted with today?
Well, you got up in the morning,
took a shower,
washed your hair,
used a hair dryer,
ate breakfast --
ate cereals, fruit, yogurt, whatever --
had cof
When you walk around the place where you live,
most of the times,
you feel pretty safe and comfortable, right?
Now imagine if there were land mines
buried right here,
scattered around,
and you'd never
In 1994,
Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein coauthored "The Bell Curve,"
an extremely controversial book
which claims that on average,
some races are smarter and more likely to succeed than others.