We've learned our lesson with finance because they made a huge goddamn explosion that almost shut down the world. But the thing I realized is that there might never be an explosion on the scale of the financial crisis happening with big data.

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

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

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

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.

You'll never be able to really measure anything, right? Including teachers.

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.