Hookworms, The New Racists and Facebook - Public Futility
Update: 2017-09-14
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Episode 9 (1:17 )
Charlottesville and Racism
Don’t conflate two issues
Racism is indefensible
Has this caused us to talk about “how we talk about racism”?
Gut Fauna and Hookworm (starts: 24:13 )
Extinctions in our gut fauna.
On NPR
Hookworm your allergies away!
Helminthic therapy (what?)
Radiolab piece here
Buy your own! Please don’t.
* BONUS: Hookworming is not just a first-world problem (NPR)
Sometimes, there’s not enough toilets.
We cure nothing. Not even Peter Thiel‘s herpes.
Facebook is evil (starts: 50:20 )
Not-so-hidden power of Facebook and Google
Hidden viewpoint “bubbles” and confirmation-bias
You are the product
* BONUS: Facebook is reluctant to reveal anything about the Russian Pro-Trump Ad Spend (DB)
* BONUS 2: Russia’s $100,000 ad spend could have reached up to 100 million Americans (BI)
Charlottesville and Racism
Don’t conflate two issues
Racism is indefensible
Has this caused us to talk about “how we talk about racism”?
Gut Fauna and Hookworm (starts: 24:13 )
Extinctions in our gut fauna.
On NPR
Hookworm your allergies away!
Helminthic therapy (what?)
Radiolab piece here
Buy your own! Please don’t.
* BONUS: Hookworming is not just a first-world problem (NPR)
Sometimes, there’s not enough toilets.
We cure nothing. Not even Peter Thiel‘s herpes.
Facebook is evil (starts: 50:20 )
Not-so-hidden power of Facebook and Google
Hidden viewpoint “bubbles” and confirmation-bias
You are the product
* BONUS: Facebook is reluctant to reveal anything about the Russian Pro-Trump Ad Spend (DB)
* BONUS 2: Russia’s $100,000 ad spend could have reached up to 100 million Americans (BI)
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