After Words with Deborah Stone, 'Counting'

Political scientist Deborah Stone argues that numbers aren’t objective and explains numerous ways numbers impact our lives daily. She’s interviewed by data scientist and author Cathy O’Neil.

After Words airs Saturdays at 10pm ET & Sundays at 9pm ET/PT.

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Her book is extremely good at explaining concepts that are complex and used often in a simplified way. On Numbers in the real should be used to inform policy and not used as political points. It’s good governance, but the reality is that our systems are adversarial and that skews the numbers. How the voter sees problem definitions versus the reality.