President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the federal highway system in 1956, and it has since expanded to some 47,714 miles in length..

Cars Collecting Your Data, Plant Knowledge is Disappearing, Lives Shaped by Coding

Midday on WNYC | Aug 28, 2018

Christina Rogers discusses how car manufacturers are profiting from your personal information. Sheelah Kolhatkar looks at the methodologies of an activist investor. Douglas Belkin talks about the scarcity of plant-identifying botanists in the U.S. David Auerbach discusses how coding and algorithms are impacting our lives and our humanity. 

This episode is guest hosted by Nancy Giles. 

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