The Cathy's Dream Edition

It's an all-Cathy episode today on Slate Money! Hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil, author of, Weapons of Math Destruction, and Slate Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann discuss three topics handpicked by Ms O'Neil. They are:

- How the big-data company Cambridge Analytica and psychometric profiles helped shape the outcome of the Brexit vote and our most recent election.
- The AI that will put some lawyers out of business.
- Statistics in the age of Trump.

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Twitter: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Production by Zachary Dinerstein

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