The Pattern Problem

Invisibilia

• Episode: The Pattern Problem
• Website: Invisibilia
• Feed URL: https://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510307
• Duration: 00:57:48
• Published: 2018-03-30 06:01

A panel of judges sits to decide the fate of the young woman. She's the child of addicts and an ex-addict and ex-felon herself, and she's asking the court to trust her to become an attorney. The outcome of her case hinges on a question we all struggle with: are we destined to repeat our patterns, or do we generally stray in surprising directions? - a question increasingly relevant in an age when algorithms are trying to predict everything about our behavior. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of sexual abuse.