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Celebrated restaurateur Danny Meyer discusses the intersection between hospitality and humanity, and why we are all in the hospitality business regardless of where we work. Meyer defines hospitality and how to deliver it with every interaction, how we can scale a feeling, hiring great people and when to let them go, and so much more.

Meyer is the Chief Executive Officer of the Union Square Hospitality Group, which comprises some of New York's most beloved and acclaimed restaurants, including Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, and Maialino. In 2004 Meyer and USHG founded the wildly popular Shake Shack, a New York fast-casual restaurant chain that has since grown to more than 250 locations around the world.

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science.

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How can data be biased? Isn't it supposed to be an objective reflection of the real world? We all know that these are somewhat naive rhetorical questions, since data can easily inherit bias from the people who collect and analyze it, just as an algorithm can make biased suggestions if it's trained on biased datasets. A better question is, how do biases creep in, and what can we do about them? Catherine D'Ignazio is an MIT professor who has studied how biases creep into our data and algorithms, and even into the expression of values that purport to protect objective analysis. We discuss examples of these processes and how to use data to make things better.

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Catherine D'Ignazio received a Master of Fine Arts from Maine College of Art and a Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab. She is currently an assistant professor of Urban Science and Planning and Director of the Data+Feminism Lab at MIT. She is the co-author, with Lauren F. Klein, of the book Data Feminism.

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Panelists:

• Yael Niv.
  • @yael_niv
• Konrad Kording
  • @KordingLab.
  • Previous BI episodes:
    • BI 027 Ioana Marinescu & Konrad Kording: Causality in Quasi-Experiments.
    • BI 014 Konrad Kording: Regulators, Mount Up!
• Sam Gershman.
  • @gershbrain.
  • Previous BI episodes:
    • BI 095 Chris Summerfield and Sam Gershman: Neuro for AI?
    • BI 028 Sam Gershman: Free Energy Principle & Human Machines.
• Tim Behrens.
  • @behrenstim.
  • Previous BI episodes:
    • BI 035 Tim Behrens: Abstracting & Generalizing Knowledge, & Human Replay.
    • BI 024 Tim Behrens: Cognitive Maps.

This is the third in a series of panel discussions in collaboration with Neuromatch Academy, the online computational neuroscience summer school. In this episode, the panelists discuss their experiences with stochastic processes, including Bayes, decision-making, optimal control, reinforcement learning, and causality.

The other panels:

• First panel, about model fitting, GLMs/machine learning, dimensionality reduction, and deep learning.
• Second panel, about linear systems, real neurons, and dynamic networks.
• Fourth panel, about basics in deep learning, including Linear deep learning, Pytorch, multi-layer-perceptrons, optimization, & regularization.
• Fifth panel, about “doing more with fewer parameters: Convnets, RNNs, attention & transformers, generative models (VAEs & GANs).
• Sixth panel, about advanced topics in deep learning: unsupervised & self-supervised learning, reinforcement learning, continual learning/causality.

Record-breaking heat waves in Oregon and Washington State. Wildfires rippling through the West. A looming season of hurricanes.

These weather events take a toll on human life and strain our energy infrastructure. 

But to what extent are extreme weather events made worse and more frequent by human-caused climate change?

This week on the podcast, climate scientist and Columbia Professor Adam Sobel speaks with host Jason Bordoff about the latest science behind attributing extreme weather events to the changing climate. 

They discuss the limitations and possibilities of this kind of attribution science and why making these connections matters.

Are we real with climate change? Are we separating fact from fiction, hearing arguments from both sides for a balanced opinion on climate change? Should the claims of climate catastrophe be believed and taxed?

In this episode, I interview Tom Beakbane, a scientist by training, an entrepreneur by choice. Tom is a family man, loves the outdoors, and a leading brand strategist. Tom put his reputation on the line to create a platform called www.climaterealismcanada.ca to add his voice to a global roar that is challenging the narrative of climate catastrophists. Tom is putting forth an alternate point of view on climate change, which he is basing on climate science and what's required to address these challenges in Canada. His comments on carbon and carbon tax are worth the price of listening alone.

From science to branding (3:19) Tom's journey from his studies in the UK to building a diverse career in Canada. Combining his science-based academic background with writing skills and his love for painting, Tom enters the world of packaged goods and brand communications. Tony and Tom's paths soon cross. https://climaterealismcanada.ca/climatescience_no/

To climate change (6:13) After one of his annual backcountry ski trips in the Rocky Mountains, Toms journey into the realm of climate change and climate science begins. A self-described "unlikely candidate", and initially dismissive, his interest increases as he realizes that the medias headlines were not representative of what real scientists were thinking. https://climaterealismcanada.ca/reality-not-propaganda/

Climate realism (13:18) With the launch of www.climaterealismcanada.ca, a stand is taken against Canadas' climate change propaganda. Tom realizes that Canada has no real plan to balance the needs for energy development, consumption and climate change. Taxing consumers and industries is not the answer - it certainly doesn't spur on innovation to develop alternate forms of energy.

The truth about carbon dioxide (16:50) Tom explains how Al Gores documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" has influenced climate change science and how carbon dioxide was hijacked for convenience. There is no catastrophe - the forecasts were wrong - and we have many more environmental issues to deal with aside from carbon dioxide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth https://climaterealismcanada.ca/reduce-pollution/

A climate catastrophe. Really? (25:02) We will not be burning up in 20-30yrs time says, Tom. There is no credible evidence or scientist that supports the climate catastrophe position. We need policies that are beneficial to both the environment and Canadians and we need to teach our kids not to be afraid of the future. https://climaterealismcanada.ca/no-climate-emergency/

Fossil fuel - changing the narrative (29:04) If we are going to replace fossil fuel, Canadians will need real and viable alternatives. We need adult conversations, not panic. Conversations not only about the science of climate change but also about the intersection of energy and environmental policy. https://climaterealismcanada.ca/policy/

How can you help? (31:58) - Be informed. Learn, question and understand the issues and science of climate change - Push back on the climate catastrophists - Don't be hypocritical

Closing (33:50) Tony Chapman shares his insights and learnings: - Open your mind to other peoples opinions - Listen generously, be curious and form your own opinions - Have the courage of your conviction - Fight your way to the middle ground

Links and References

Climate Realism Canada - https://climaterealismcanada.ca/ Follow Climate Realism on Twitter - https://twitter.com/CanadaRealism Follow Climate Realism on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Climate-Realism-Canada-111968553644836/

European Climate Realist Network - https://ecr.network An Inconvenient Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth Al Gore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - https://www.ipcc.ch

Follow Tony Chapman Website - https://tonychapmanreactions.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/TonyChapman Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonychapmanreactions/

Bobby Neptune sits down with Author Tom Beakbane to talk about his book How to understand Everything and some other shit 🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️