When people are not given an option by some secret scoring system, it's very hard to complain, so they often don't even know that they've been victimized.

I think big data companies only like good news. So I think they're just hoping that they don't get sued, essentially.

Occupy provided me a lens through which to see systemic discrimination.

We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.

People felt like they were friends with Google, and they believed in the "Do No Evil" thing that Google said. They trusted Google more than they trusted the government, and I never understood that.

The most important goal I had in mind was to convince people to stop blindly trusting algorithms and assuming that they are inherently fair and objective.

I wanted to prevent people from giving them too much power. I see that as a pattern. I wanted that to come to an end as soon as possible.