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Data, numbers and algorithms shape every corner of our lives, from AI to elections, to how we receive medical care, to the prices we pay for insurance, to who we match with on dating apps. But millions of adults say they are not “math people.” As generative AI increasingly shapes our personal choices and public institutions, that lack of confidence carries profound consequences.
On August 8, join us for our first-ever, free virtual screening of COUNTED OUT, followed by a live conversation about the knowledge and confidence we need to navigate our world in an age of AI.
COUNTED OUT takes us on a journey to answer an urgent set of questions: how do we reclaim our mathematical confidence? How do we take back the agency to make better decisions, to protect ourselves from misinformation, to guide our children, and to improve our quality of life in concrete, meaningful ways?
We are honored to share the film and to dive deeper into its themes with director Vicki Abeles and two extraordinary guests:
- Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist whose work examines how algorithms, technology, and data shape power and inequality. She is the founder of Proof News, a nonprofit newsroom focused on accountability journalism, and the author of On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear.
- Talithia Williams is a statistician, professor, and host of PBS’s NOVA Wonders, known for making math accessible and empowering. Her TED Talk, Own Your Body’s Data, explores how understanding our own data can help us make more informed decisions about our health and our lives.
This special, one-day-only virtual event will not be replayed or made available after August 8, so we encourage you to register now and join us live. Together we will explore why quantitative thinking is fundamental to our democracy– a powerful tool for every citizen who wishes to make sense of the world and participate fully in public life.
Please consider making an optional donation to extend our work. Every gift, of any size, helps us keep events like these free and accessible while equipping more people with the tools to make informed decisions in a data-driven world.
When you join us on August 8, you’ll attend more than a film screening. We’re also setting the stage for a radical new way of seeing the world, and the data that drives it. With Julia Angwin and Talithia Williams guiding us, we’ll reimagine math as a critical tool of our democracy: a powerful language for every citizen who wishes to participate fully in public life. Together, we will participate in a conversation with a hopeful and liberating message: that even in complex times, our capacity to learn and understand our world has no limits. And the more we perceive the mathematical systems underpinning our world, the more we are capable of shaping them.
Data, numbers and algorithms shape every corner of our lives, from AI to elections, to how we receive medical care, to the prices we pay for insurance, to who we match with on dating apps. But millions of adults say they are not “math people.” As generative AI increasingly shapes our personal choices and public institutions, that lack of confidence carries profound consequences.
On August 8, join us for our first-ever, free virtual screening of COUNTED OUT, followed by a live conversation about the knowledge and confidence we need to navigate our world in an age of AI.
COUNTED OUT takes us on a journey to answer an urgent set of questions: how do we reclaim our mathematical confidence? How do we take back the agency to make better decisions, to protect ourselves from misinformation, to guide our children, and to improve our quality of life in concrete, meaningful ways?
We are honored to share the film and to dive deeper into its themes with director Vicki Abeles and two extraordinary guests:
- Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist whose work examines how algorithms, technology, and data shape power and inequality. She is the founder of Proof News, a nonprofit newsroom focused on accountability journalism, and the author of On Courage: How to Be a Dissident in an Age of Fear.
- Talithia Williams is a statistician, professor, and host of PBS’s NOVA Wonders, known for making math accessible and empowering. Her TED Talk, Own Your Body’s Data, explores how understanding our own data can help us make more informed decisions about our health and our lives.
This special, one-day-only virtual event will not be replayed or made available after August 8, so we encourage you to register now and join us live. Together we will explore why quantitative thinking is fundamental to our democracy– a powerful tool for every citizen who wishes to make sense of the world and participate fully in public life.
Please consider making an optional donation to extend our work. Every gift, of any size, helps us keep events like these free and accessible while equipping more people with the tools to make informed decisions in a data-driven world.
When you join us on August 8, you’ll attend more than a film screening. We’re also setting the stage for a radical new way of seeing the world, and the data that drives it. With Julia Angwin and Talithia Williams guiding us, we’ll reimagine math as a critical tool of our democracy: a powerful language for every citizen who wishes to participate fully in public life. Together, we will participate in a conversation with a hopeful and liberating message: that even in complex times, our capacity to learn and understand our world has no limits. And the more we perceive the mathematical systems underpinning our world, the more we are capable of shaping them.