Cathy o'neill is a mathematician and data scientist. She wrote a book called weapons of math destruction. O'neill: "The way shame came up for me was that i was talking to teachers who had been fired with an algorithm"
Never mind: Elon's NOT joining the Twitter board after all. Kara and Scott discuss the Warner Media and Discovery deal closing. Plus, a strike at Etsy, and Saudi investments in Jared Kushner. Then, Kara is joined by Friend of Pivot and author of “The Shame Machine,” Cathy O’Neil.
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