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Good Faith Effort

Leah Boustan - The Bible and Big Data: Ep. 31

Jun 15, 2021
32:42

We’re living in a golden age of using big data to understand and change our world. So how does the Biblical tradition think about data and it’s benefits and dangers for society? This week Rabbi Lamm unpacked all this with Princeton economist Leah Boustan, one of the world experts on innovative uses of data, and a serious religious thinker.They talked the Biblical attitude towards the census; immigration and identity from the Bible through today; Jewish Twitter; and Leah’s project of daily Talmud study.

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