December 18, 2017· 31 min
This Is How Algorithms Impact Every Aspect Of Our Lives, from News to Credit Scores to Stocks
Orality
Model
70%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,210 words)
M:94%
HostTracy Alloway(1,216 words)
M:28%
GuestFrank Pasquale(3,260 words)
M:29%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic29%
literally, completely, basically
Engagement76%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, so
Repetition100%
know (76x), about (62x), think (54x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So Joe, you know what I was th..., So we just sort of speak in th...
Sound Patterns37%
23 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases13%
you know what, i mean, the bottom line
Literate Indicators
Hedging10%
could, probably, might
Passive Voice11%
is when, was called, be used
Abstract Nouns28%
investment, recommendation, edition
Subordination10%
because, since, though
Sentence Length53%
Avg: 18.2 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style24%
474 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style88%
literally, completely, actually
Description
Algorithms. People talk about them all the time, particularly in relation to markets. But who actually designs them, and what do they do? On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we speak with Frank Pasquale, a law professor at the University of Maryland, and the author of "The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information." Pasquale, who has been following the growing importance of algorithms for several years explains the various ways they're shaping our life without us being aware of it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.