An insurance company might say, "Tell us more about yourself so your premiums can go down." When they say that, they're addressing the winners, not the losers.

When I think about whether I want to take a job, I don't just think about whether it's technically interesting, although I do consider that. I also consider the question of whether it's good for the world.

So much of our society as a whole is gearing us to maximize our salary or bonus. Basically, we just think in terms of money. Or, if not money, then, if you're in academia, it's prestige. It's a different kind of currency. And there's this unmeasured dimension of all jobs, which is whether it's improving the world.

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

My fantasy is that there is a new regulatory body that is in charge of algorithmic auditing.

I think what's happened is that the general public has become much more aware of the destructive power of Wall Street.

I set up a company, an algorithmic auditing company myself. I have no clients.