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#54 – Edouard Mathieu on Our World in Data

#54 – Edouard Mathieu on Our World in Data

FromHear This Idea


#54 – Edouard Mathieu on Our World in Data

FromHear This Idea

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

A full writeup of this episode, including references and a transcript, is available on our website: hearthisidea.com/episodes/mathieu
Edouard Mathieu is the Head of Data at Our World in Data (OWID), a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality.
We discuss:

What Ed learned from working with governments and the WHO
A simple change the WHO could make to radically improve how countries share data for the next pandemic
The idea of 'experimental longtermism'
How Ed is thinking about collecting data on transformative artificial intelligence and other potential existential risks
Figuring out the impact of making everyone slightly better-informed
Lessons for starting a career in impact-oriented data science
And finally... Ed's favourite OWID chart

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Released:
Oct 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hear This Idea is a podcast showcasing new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism. Each episode has an accompanying write-up at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes.