Alex Pentland

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Alex Pentland is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, at MIT Media Lab. He is the author of Social Physics: Lessons from a New Science.

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Living Big Data

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May 27, 2014 Alex Pentland imagines communities guided by rich streams of real-time information.

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Lies, Damned Lies, and AI

Dec 11, 2018 Diane Coyle shows how algorithms can both perpetuate and expose structural social and economic inequities.

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The War on Huawei

Dec 11, 2018 Jeffrey D. Sachs argues that the US is singling out the company because it is an economic threat, not a security risk.

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Ending Wartime Sexual Violence

Dec 10, 2018 Julian Wucherpfennig & Anita Gohdes say this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipients have raised awareness of a problem that new research can address.

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Re-Reading George H.W. Bush’s Lips

Dec 10, 2018 Jeffrey Frankel says the problem with the late president's “no new taxes” pledge wasn't that he broke it, but that he made it.

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The World Has Failed Children in Conflict Zones

Dec 10, 2018 Maleiha Malik condemns the tragic lack of accountability for those who perpetrate or enable attacks on schools.

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Betting on Dystopia

Dec 10, 2018 Kenneth Rogoff likens cryptocurrencies to lottery tickets – probably worthless, but with a tiny chance of a massive payoff.

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The Phony US-China Truce

Dec 8, 2018 Barry Eichengreen says there is plenty of precedent for the approach taken by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping – none of it good.

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The Leadership of Cities

Dec 7, 2018 Georgios Kaminis, et al. emphasize the importance of municipal governments in addressing migration and climate change.

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