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Michael Schrage on Recommendation Engines - Episode #14

Apr 06, 202257 min
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Episode description

In this episode, Seth and Chris talk with Michael Schrage, Fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and author of the book, "Recommendation Engines."

Highlights:

3:44: checkered past
12:50: covering the overwhelming nature of technology
15:50: why do people make decisions
18:21: Perfect choice-what are the right choice architectures?
24:25 Recommendation engines: The hand you're delt - how the bluff matters
26:15: How do we use tools and technologies to come up with better and more reliable advice?
32:50: Ethical topics
49:06: What impact does good advice have on agency and autonomy
52:30: What Michael is working on next 

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