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Have you ever looked at a numerical claim and thought ?what on earth does that mean?? Complex numbers are often badly communicated, making it difficult for the public to appreciate what they signify - but dial things down too much and you?re at risk of oversimplifying important issues. It?s a tightrope walk authors Chip Heath and Karla Starr have explored in their new book ?Making Numbers Count?. Tim Harford talks to them about how we can improve the way we communicate numbers to the general public.
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Today’s tech recs: Ben recommends TENS therapy, an electrical alternative to acupuncture (it’s tech, technically). Cassidy recommends Covatar for unique, personalized digital art like NFT avatars.
Today’s Lifeboat badge goes to user Joseph Silber for their answer to What’s a regex that matches all numbers except 1, 2 and 25?.
We chat with Kat and Ada-Rhodes from Tear It Up to discuss taking the fight for Trans lives into the streets and the struggle to make trans pain visible.
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Ranjan Roy is the co-author of Margins, a Substack newsletter about the financial markets. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter and its implications. Join us for this 'emergency' episode where we discuss whether Musk will improve the service, whether he can pull it off, and why he's making the move.