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Jill Lepore, professor of American History at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker, and the author of several books, including The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423) (Liveright, 2026), talks about our reliance on data and algorithms and what it means for society and government.
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Jill Lepore, professor of American History at Harvard University, staff writer at The New Yorker, and the author of several books, including The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State (wwnorton.com/books/9781324098423) (Liveright, 2026), talks about our reliance on data and algorithms and what it means for society and government.
Image: Composite image of Capital Building with binary numbers (TGI/Tetra Images via Getty Creative)
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