The Math Gap
It's Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 and I am just catching up on some of the past week's reading. This morning I was rewarded with something that made me feel hopeful. Why Democracy Lives and Dies by Math : A documentary filmmaker and a mathematician discuss our fear of numbers and its civic costs. By Siobhan Roberts, published in the New York Times on October 24, 2024 and updated on October 25, 29024. "Math is power" is the tag line of a new documentary by the director Vicki Abeles titled " Counted Out " which explores the intersection of mathematics, civil rights and democracy. The film is currently being shown at festivals and community screenings and will have a limited theatrical release next year. This piece is actually an interview with Siobhan Roberts speaking with Vick Abeles and Ismar Volic, a professor at Wellesley College and a founder, in 2019, of the Institute for Mathematics and Democracy. Super important topic and interview. I cannot wait to...