Raw Data

Stanford and PRX

We’ve entered a new era. The creation and collection of information play an ever-increasing — yet often hidden — role in our lives. Algorithms filter all sorts of experiences, from the mundane to the monumental. The fuel that powers and curates these experiences is…data. Data are the new oil; whoever controls data has power. Is this making things better? Worse? Raw Data is a show about how information becomes power. What are the implications for all of us, now that mountains of data are more accessible and malleable than ever? Episodes post on Thursdays. From Stanford and PRX. Hosted by Andrea M...

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Raw Data

Episodes (59)

Nov 21, 2019 Technically Sweet
Nov 14, 2019 Training Computers to See
Nov 7, 2019 The Worst Cyber Attack (For now)

Raw Data

Nov 21, 2019
27¼ minutes
38 MB

Chocolate is beloved by...well, most humans, it would seem. But this sweet treat that, for many of us, brings instant happiness, has a nasty secret: most of the world’s cocoa comes from a place where child labor, and sometimes even enslavement, is rampant. For decades, the giant companies that dominate the chocolate industry have said that it was impossible to know if their cocoa was tainted by labor abuses — the supply chain is too long, how can you possibly track cocoa beans back to a small farm in West Africa? Enter technology. But, it turns out, technology may...

Raw Data

Technically Sweet

Stanford and PRX

00:00 -27:20