Today, we tackle the mechanics of the Transparent Company™ head-on. Our hypothesis is that being transparent can increase trust, but boy are there a lot of things to consider. What should be transparent? What should not? How are things published and documented? In news, Apple’s OK with employees sharing salary data. John Oliver snacks on cereal games. Instagram’s CEO says it’s important to be transparent about ranking and research on the effect his platform has on children. New York thinks it has the answer to testing algorithms, especially ones that have an impact on hiring. And we highlight books on unintelligence in computer algorithms by @merbroussard and the intelligence of the immune systems by @mrichtel. 

Correction: Government regulations around advertising to children are connected to truth-in-advertising standards, COPPA and self-regulation via CARU. For more information check out this FTC page.

We dedicate this episode to Columbo who always asked just one more question. So send us your Tweets: @sanddunepodcast or Email: [email protected] and tell us we’re wrong.