Weekend Whats

What to Doc: The NYT has a page with some Sundance short Docs, including this one that “sought to capture people facing a difficult situation, to make a portrait of humans in doubt.” It’s called Ten Meter Tower.

+ What to Read: “A Democrat by heritage and Republican by choice, Bannon has come to see both parties as deeply corrupt, a belief that has shaped his recent career as a polemical filmmaker and Internet bomb thrower. A party guest recalled meeting him as a private citizen and Bannon telling him that he was like Lenin, eager to ‘bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s Establishment.'” From Time: Is Steve Bannon the second most powerful man in the world?

+ What to Analyze: “Many voices have claimed that the statisticians lost the election because their predictions were so off the mark. But what if statisticians in fact helped win the election — but only those who were using the new method? It is an irony of history that Trump, who often grumbled about scientific research, used a highly scientific approach in his campaign.” If you want to understand recent elections (and future ones), you need to understand the role of companies like Cambridge Analytica. Everything you do online adds a layer to your psycho-social persona. And it can and will being used against you. From Motherboard: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down.