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Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life

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David Sumpter describes the algorithms ruling the world

David Sumpter describes the algorithms ruling the world.

What can ants tells us about whether something deserves to be popular? This is a question tackled in David Sumpter’s book – ‘The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too.’ He tells Tim Harford about some of the algorithms that you see in nature, and those harnessed by tech companies such as YouTube.

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