I'm writing a book called 'The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus' about the maths of Christmas: how to set up a secret Santa so it's totally fair; how to decorate your tree mathematically; how to win at Monopoly. — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
Imagine life without any algorithms at all, you wouldn't be able to do anything. This is already completely encompassing. We have a habit of over-trusting what mathematics or computer scientists tell us to do, without questioning it, too much faith… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
At some point in the future - possibly the very near future - Britain will be hit by a deadly pandemic, and its impact could be utterly devastating. — Hannah Fry Copy Share
There's barely any aspect of our modern lives that hasn't had a mathematical contribution at some point and yet, if you asked the average… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
When it comes to love, making long-term decisions is a risky business. Sooner or later, most of us decide to leave our carefree bachelor… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
If we permit flawed machines to make life-changing decisions on our behalf - by allowing them to pinpoint a murder suspect, to diagnose a… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
In our urge to automate, in our eagerness to adopt the latest innovations, we appear to have developed a habit of unthinkingly handing over… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
All around us, algorithms provide a kind of convenient source of authority: an easy way to delegate responsibility, a short cut we take without… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
You can't assess the value of an innovation in isolation, you have to consider whose hands it's in. — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
Curating our data is valuable. Like 23andMe - while selling us the chance to know whether we're Vikings or whatever, they're amassing these huge… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
A century ago the Spanish flu confounded scientists and devastated whole regions, but while today's society has air travel and an enormous, heterogeneous population,… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
We have this imbalance where the people who are making algorithms aren't talking to the people who are using them. And the people who… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
On average, the higher the novelty score a film had, the better it did at the box office. But only up to a point.… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
Wind depends on temperature. Temperature depends on pressure. And pressure depends on wind. It's an intricate mathematical tapestry that is far too intertwined to… — Hannah Fry Copy Share Image
