297. The Unbearable Existence of Insurance

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 2:04 a.m.

b'We kick off with a talk on insurtech that Jathan gave last week on the politics of machine learning and actuarial science, then get deeper into dynamics of speculative asset bubbles, why insurers live and die by the \\u201cfloat,\\u201d and some of the cutting-edge insurtech innovations \\u2014 and fuel for nightmares \\u2014 that we learned about in Vegas.\\n\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Slides and script for Jathan\\u2019s talk: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1azhFJPuMJXuv9tR6wHp4MAXpDQAlx8Px/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113285384334686678399&rtpof=true&sd=true \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)'