Showing posts with label Wall Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wall Street. Show all posts

Jul 28, 2011

How Algorithms shape our world: Kevin Slavin's thought-provoking TEDTalk video- great visuals!




"Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control." -TED



An interesting fact shared during the presentation- 2000 or so physicists work on Wall Street, engaged in  Algo-trading.   Remember the "flash crash"?

Sep 30, 2008

Economic Sounds and Sights: Interactive Economic Timeline

As the economy spun out of control, I decided to gather information from a range of sources and disciplines, to help me understand the complexity of the events leading to the crisis.

The following post is a repository of some of I've collected so far:

The Celestial Economic Sphere, Dataviz for the Finance Biz, Truthiness, and Behavioral Finance, Gordon Gekko...

I'd like to create a collaborative interactive economic time-line someday. For more information, see the following post:

Collaborative Interactive Multimedia Timeline