
If you spent an hour reading his words, watching his TV show or listening to him on the radio and didn’t want to eat with him, drink with him or fuck him, then we have decidedly different taste in humans. He was a real one. We’re lucky we had him for as long as we did.
Ultimately, we need empathy and thoughtfulness in the design of algorithms and data science if we are to change the damaging cultural narratives that reinforce injustice and inequality for vulnerable people.