

Why are algorithms sexist?
Algorithms have male bias? Yet, the people behind much of their development are female. Is there something wrong with this picture?
May 11, 20214 min read


Up the Garden Path by Nigel Roth
Stones found that play like records .. walls that couldn't be built .. tech that shouldn't exist .. and a bike, appearing out of nowhere ..
May 11, 20216 min read


Hook, Line, and Sinker by Nigel Roth
The greatest hoax of Georgian London. Read the story of Theodor Hook, whose mind was put to the most obscure uses.
May 11, 20215 min read


Algorithm and Blues by Nigel Roth
Algorithm can save lives. No more children disappearance, no more unnecessary deaths.
May 11, 20214 min read


Homo Economicus to Machina Economica by Ben Sadyalunda
Le traumatisme du crash de 1929 a conduit les économistes à imaginer des outils prédictifs. L'auteur examine ceux-ci à l'ère de l'algorithme
May 11, 20213 min read


Put on a Happy Face by Nigel Roth
Robots are not the only ones with crazy laws. Humans are just as good abiding by the rules
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Telling Tall Tales by Nigel Roth
In 1918, as the Eastern United States was losing its last ever native Carolina parrot, which had been taken from its natural environment...
May 11, 20216 min read


Who's talking with the nose? by Katia Elkaim
"Our language is worthless when it comes to describing smells." - Patrick Süskind, Le Parfum. The first smell that struck me this morning...
May 11, 20213 min read


One-Hundred-and-Sixty Toilet Rolls by Nigel Roth
A few days ago, the outcome of the 2020 US Election was decided. Winning both the popular vote and the electoral college, Joseph...
May 11, 20214 min read


The Greek God of wind by Nigel Roth
Imagine the scene. The audience of pioneers and press is gathered to watch, and the engineers and technicians prepare the pod for the two...
May 11, 20213 min read





