Chris Wiggins on a History of Data From the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.
In this episode, Andrew talks to the How Data Happened co-author Chris Wiggins on a history of data from the Age of Reason to today’s Age of Algorithms.
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Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and the New York Times‘s chief data scientist. He resides in New York City.
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