Better Known

Sandy Pentland


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Sandy Pentland discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.

Alex Pentland is a Stanford HAI Fellow and MIT Toshiba Professor. Named one of the “100 People to Watch This Century” by Newsweek and “one of the seven most powerful data scientists in the world” by Forbes, he is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, an advisor to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Lab, and an advisor to the UN Secretary General’s office. His work has helped manage privacy and security for the world’s digital networks by establishing authentication standards, protect personal privacy by contributing to the pioneering EU privacy law, and provide healthcare support for hundreds of millions of people worldwide through both for-profit and not-for-profit companies. His new book is Shared Wisdom, which is available at https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262050999/shared-wisdom/.

  1. Casual conversation is typically what leads to wisdom and culture
  2. Polarization comes from influencers and other loud voices
  3. AI-aided search can really help weaken echo chambers
  4. Given a conversation platform that is safe space and given participants with shared interests people naturally generate good decisions
  5. Hierarchical organizations are inflexible and poor performing by design
  6. Uniform rules are bad for the majority of people
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