The power of big data—why so many corporations and government agencies and political pollsters and baseball teams are after it—is that it can reveal things we might otherwise not see. But statistics alone can't do that. We need to transform those statistics into stories. One artist doing that is Brian Foo, aka the Data Driven DJ. He takes large data sets and turns them into music. His first song, "Two Trains," amplifies a dire but often ignored truth about our country: income inequality.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Debra Dickerson tells Steve Paulson she knows first hand that systemic racism still exists in America.
Jennifer Jacquet recommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
For most of recorded history, bread has been the essential food. Darra Goldstein, editor of “Gastronomica” magazine, says you can’t overstate the significance of bread in human history.
John Safran says we need writers who are outsiders. Otherwise, groups will keep hiding their secrets.
Charles de Lint has pioneered a new contemporary mythic fiction. His new novel is "Widdershins."
Jeff VanderMeer recommends "The Other Side" by Alfred Kubin.
Francine Segan is the author of “Shakespeare’s Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook.” She gives an inside view of the kind of dinner party William Shakespeare might have known
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