Old but fascinating TED talk by Kevin Slavin:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120528-how-algorithms-shape-our-world
Interview expanding on the talk:
http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/an-interview-with-kevin-slavin/30608/
Below are some of the things he mentioned in greater detail.
The 23 million dollar book on flies:
http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358
Hollywood actress who makes movies flop:
http://au.businessinsider.com/data-...od-actress-who-guarantees-a-movie-flop-2013-4
Planetary scale computing paper pdf (map on page 5):
http://www.alexwg.org/publications/PhysRevE_82-056104.pdf
Michael Najjar:
http://www.michaelnajjar.com/
Enjoy.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120528-how-algorithms-shape-our-world
Interview expanding on the talk:
http://observatory.designobserver.com/feature/an-interview-with-kevin-slavin/30608/
Below are some of the things he mentioned in greater detail.
The 23 million dollar book on flies:
http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358
Hollywood actress who makes movies flop:
http://au.businessinsider.com/data-...od-actress-who-guarantees-a-movie-flop-2013-4
Planetary scale computing paper pdf (map on page 5):
http://www.alexwg.org/publications/PhysRevE_82-056104.pdf
Michael Najjar:
http://www.michaelnajjar.com/
Enjoy.