Listen to part of an interview to Stephen Baker, author of The Numerati and

complete the missing information (with up to 8 words per question). You can
listen to the whole podcast and to some more interviews to him here:
http://thenumerati.net/?catID=4

1. The Numerati try to predict how we behave as

___________________________________________________________________

2. In this digital era there are _________________________________ that they

can pore through.

3. Chapter four of his proposal to his editor contained the main topic of
his book, which is the
_________________________________________________

4. He started his book in his workplace because there is nowhere where

____________ _____________________________________________ than there.

5. If our bosses can figure out what we do while we work for them, they
can __________________________________________________ out of us.

6. One of the aims of this group of mathematicians and computer

scientists at IBM could produce a team that
_________________________________________________.

7. The chapter devoted to lovers starts with the author’s wife shouting
from the computer room while she’s surfing an
___________________________ __________________________.

8. Stephen was trying to check if the website was able to

_______________________ ________________________________________
Listen to part of an interview to Stephen Baker, author of The Numerati and
complete the missing information (with up to 8 words per question). You can
listen to the whole podcast and to some more interviews here:
http://thenumerati.net/?catID=4

1. The Numerati try to predict how we behave as SHOPERS, VOTERS,

POTENTIAL TERRORISTS AND WORKERS.

2. In this digital era there are MOUNTAINS OF DATA that they can pore
through.

3. Chapter four of his proposal to his editor contained the main topic of
his book, which is the MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF HUMANITY

4. He started his book in his workplace because there is nowhere where

OUR DATA IS LESS IN OUR CONTROL than there.

5. If our bosses can figure out what we do while we work for them, they
can OPTIMISE US AND SQUEEZE MORE PRODUCTIVITY out of us.

6. One of the aims of this group of mathematicians and computer

scientists could be to produce a team that WORKS WELL TOGETHER
WHICH IS CHEAP AND EFFICIENT.

7. The chapter devoted to lovers starts with the author’s wife shouting
from the computer room while she’s surfing an ONLINE DATING SITE.

8. Stephen was trying to check if the website was able to MATCH HE

AND HIS WIFE WITH EACH OTHER