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Arnold Kling on Education and the Internet

发表于 2012-10-15 classrooms teacher recent

Arnold Kling, economist and teacher, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about recent technological innovations in education and Kling's forecast for their im…

Pedro Domingos on Machine Learning and the Master Algorithm

发表于 2016-05-09 algorithm domingos learning

What is machine learning? How is it transforming our lives and workplaces? What might the future hold? Pedro Domingos of the University of Washington and author…

James Bessen on Learning by Doing

发表于 2016-05-23 bessen adapt argues

Are workers being left behind when the economy grows? Is technology making the human workforce obsolete? James Bessen, author of Learning by Doing, talks with E…

Susan Athey on Machine Learning, Big Data, and Causation

发表于 2016-09-12 techniques causation athey

Can machine learning improve the use of data and evidence for understanding economics and public policy? Susan Athey of Stanford University talks with EconTalk …

Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning

发表于 2019-08-05 andy matuschak ideas

Software Engineer Andy Matuschak talks about his essay "Why Books Don't Work" with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Matuschak argues that most books rely on transmis…

Zena Hitz on Lost in Thought

发表于 2020-10-05 zena hitz thought

Philosopher and author Zena Hitz of St. John's College talks about her book, Lost in Thought, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hitz defends learning for its own…

Dana Gioia on Learning, Poetry, and Studying with Miss Bishop

发表于 2021-02-16 poet studying miss

Poet and author Dana Gioia talks about his book Studying with Miss Bishop with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. They talk about the craft of being a poet, the busine…

Adam Mastroianni on Learning and Mostly Forgetting

发表于 2023-10-10 acquisition vibes forgetting

How much do we remember of what we learn in school or from conversation? Psychologist Adam Mastroianni says: from little to nothing much. What do our brains ret…

Learning to Think Like Someone Else (with David Marquet)

发表于 2025-08-12 someone marquet thinking

Former submarine commander David Marquet joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to explore how distancing--thinking like someone else, somewhere else, or sometime else--…

Episode 120: Machine Learning

发表于 2019-08-22 anna chet brain

Romain, Anna, and (unfortunately) Chet Chet and Romain spoke with Anna Goldie from the Google Brain team about machine learning. If you ever wondered what the d…