Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

The Hidden History of America's Information Dominance

How Operations Research Built a Superpower

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Matt McDonagh
Apr 23, 2024
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The modern world runs on numbers.

From the split-second stock trades that power global markets to the self-driving cars navigating busy city streets, the decisions driving our society are increasingly made not by humans, but by algorithms. This reliance on data-driven decision-making can be traced back to a relatively unknown field born out of the chaos…

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