On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk big data.

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

-How venture capitalist Peter Thiel, really feels about Palantir-European giant Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for 1 billion dollars-Elon Musk’s Master Plan with the electric car startup, Tesla

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Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann

Production by Veralyn Williams.

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