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What does it mean to be a good data citizen? Data artist and author Jer Thorp discusses how to build the information future we want. And political scientist Branka Panic talks about how data and machine learning can be used in conflict resolution and human rights.

Alerts Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platforms. So every month, The A.V. Club narrows down the endless options to five of the books we’re most excited about. Advertisement Image: Catapult We’re big fans of essays that combine cultural criticism with memoir, and Larissa Pham’s Pop Song especially sings when the writer turns her eye to art and pop culture. In her debut book of nonfiction—memoir by way of inte...