I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come to an end as soon as possible.

We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

There's less of a connection for a lot of people between the technical decisions we make and the ethical ramifications we are responsible for.

People are starting to be very skeptical of the Facebook algorithm and all kinds of data surveillance.

I think what's happened is that the general public has become much more aware of the destructive power of Wall Street.

When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

I would argue that one of the major problems with our blind trust in algorithms is that we can propagate discriminatory patterns without acknowledging any kind of intent.

Every system using data separates humanity into winners and losers.

The most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are inherently fair and objective.

I know how models are built, because I build them myself, so I know that I'm embedding my values into every single algorithm I create and I am projecting my agenda onto those algorithms.

For whatever reason, I have never separated the technical from the ethical.

There is more for us to gain through love than hate.

we not only wish to be pleased, but to be pleased in that particularway in which we have been accustomed to be pleased.

Getting fit is a political act-you are taking charge of your life.

The Christian religion teaches us to imitate a God that is cruel, insidious, jealous, and implacable in his wrath.

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one.

I'm a little shot that just kept on shooting.

To make a mountain out of a mole-hill.

A psychology degree doesn't get you very far.

Attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are, and all that we can become has indeed been left unto us.

Oblivion is not to be hired.