Erica Thompson: "Models, The Hawkmoth Effect, and the Future"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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Is There a Balance Between Usefulness and Accuracy of Models?
Nate: We don't want to throw away the baby with the bathwater. But we have to bear in mind that they really are effectively just mathematical encapsulations of expert judgment. And so then we go back to the question of who is an expert, who do you want to be telling you what your future should look like? Do you want it to be the sort of elite, well educated, middle class people in universities, or do we want a more pluralistic approach?"
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