Algorithms have been blamed for dividing society. What if they could support social cohesion instead?
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology , Harvard University
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Research Coordinator at Harvard's Stress and Development Lab, Harvard University
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Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
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Higher Education & Laboratory Coordinator at Harvard Forest, Harvard University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Project Director, Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA), Harvard Kennedy School
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Instructor in Anaesthesia Medicine, Harvard University
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Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School
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Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
