The Big Data Edition

Slate Money

Slate Podcasts

Investing, Business

4.3 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this episode of Slate Money, hosts Felix Salmon of Fusion, Cathy O’Neil of mathbabe.org and Slate’s Moneybox columnist Jordan Weissmann talk big data. Topics discussed on today’s show include: -How venture capitalist Peter Thiel, really feels about Palantir-European giant Unilever buys Dollar Shave Club for 1 billion dollars-Elon Musk’s Master Plan with the electric car startup, Tesla Check out other Panoply podcasts at itunes.com/panoply. Email: [email protected]: @felixsalmon, @mathbabedotorg, @JHWeissmann Production by Veralyn Williams. Slate Money is brought to you by MeUndies. For comfortable underwear that makes a statement, go to MeUndies.com/money and you’ll get 20 percent off your first order. And by ZipReceuiter. Post your job to all the top job sites with a single click. Try it for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/money. And by Trunk Club. Look your best in clothes hand-picked by your own personal stylist. Get started today at TrunkClub.com/money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to the Big Data edition of Slate Money, your guide to the Business and Finance News of the Week, and I know what you're thinking.
1:18.0	You're thinking, when I say Big Data, you are thinking that's not the Business and Finance
1:22.1	News of this week, that's the the business and finance news of this week.
1:23.0	That's the business and finance buzz term of three years ago and it was stupid then and haven't we all moved on?
1:29.0	And the answer is that three years ago big data was something which people got very excited
1:34.5	about like being the future and now we are kind of entering that future.
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