Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-11-19
Books mentioned on Michael Kearns: Algorithmic Fairness, Privacy & Ethics | Lex Fridman Podcast #50
Lex Fridman discussed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S. Thompson, and The Ethical Algorithm by Michael Kearns and others. Michael Kearns discussed Infinite jest by David Foster Wallace.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S.
Discussed“you mentioned reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in high school and having more or a bit more of a literary mind”
Where to get it
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S.
Discussed“you mentioned reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in high school and having more or a bit more of a literary mind”
Where to get it
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Infinite jest
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is a sprawling, maximalist novel exploring addiction, entertainment, and modern American culture.
Discussed“well my favorite novel is Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace which actually coincidentally much of it takes place in the halls of buildings right around us here at MIT”
Where to get it
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The Ethical Algorithm
Discussed“well in your new book ethical algorithm you kind of sneak up from a algorithmic perspective on these deep profound philosophical questions of fairness of privacy in thinking about these topics”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Ethical Algorithm
“he's a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of the new book ethical algorithm”
Passing Kingdom of Fear
“you mentioned reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in high school and having more or a bit more of a literary mind”
Plugged The Ethical Algorithm
“and you know we discussed in the book the fact that really we are there's a sense in which we're kind of looking where the light is in that you know for example if police are racist in who they decide to stop and frisk”
Plugged The Ethical Algorithm
“for the most part in the book you know a point that we try to take some pains to make is that we don't view ourselves or people like us as being in the position of deciding for society what the right social norms are what the right definitions of fairness are”
Plugged The Ethical Algorithm
“and so you know I think we count among this body of work just you know the literature and practice of things like data anonymization which we kind of at the beginning of our discussion of privacy say like okay this is this is sort of notion of algorithmic privacy”