What I Read or Listened to This Week

Here is some non-basketball content I read or listened to this week that I found interesting:

• Why Silicon Valley’s Optimization Mindset Sets Us Up for Failure - “Technologists with a single-minded focus on efficiency frequently take for granted that the goals they pursue are worth pursuing. But, in the context of Big Tech, that would have us believe that boosting screen time, increasing click-through rates on ads, promoting purchases of an algorithmically-recommended item, and profit-maximizing are the ultimate outcomes we care about.”

• The McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case

• We should treat data science as a craft

• The Facebook Files

• Mayors Gone Bad

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