How big beef destroyed the planet

May 31, 2019January 25, 2020 Brian Satis 195 Views Wired

Coming up today: big beef, dodgy DNA tests and outsourcing decisions to algorithms.

Join the WIRED Book Club – we’re reading Lost in a Good Game, by Pete Etchells

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-book-club-lost-in-a-good-game

Stories we talked about this week:

How our addiction to big beef ended up ruining the planet
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/big-beef-meat-industry-environmental-impact

The spurious, questionable science behind DNA testing kits
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/dna-testing-kits-science

What happened when I let algorithms run my life for a week
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/algorithm-decision-making

Music by Filip Hnizdo

Show produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Brian Satis

Brian is WhatPod's Technology Editor. San Jose resident and veteran of the first Silicon Valley tech boom, Brian is founder of Duotone Game Studio and a contributing writer for Synthetic Dimensions, Podzone and Tech News Monthly.Got a podcast to suggest ? Contact Brian (brian.satis@whatpod.com.au)