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How Algorithms define our Life and Freedom

Our lives have recently been subject to public policy mandates based on scientific predictions of catastrophic climate change and disease spread. The science behind both of these so-called crises has relied heavily on complex computer models that use algorithms to predict future trends. Considering the significant harm that these policies have caused, and are causing to society, should we be allowing questionable algorithms in these models to circumscribe our lives and freedoms [...]    

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