An A-disciplinary Computation Narratologist with Madeleine “Mac” Gagné [Interview]

The Polymath PolyCast with Dustin Miller PolyInnovator

This time we are talking with Madeleine “Mac” Gagné a Computer Science PhD Student, writer, and inter-connective bridge between mathematical modeling and storytelling.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:00 Her mindset 5 years ago

5:00 Her Created Degree

10:00 Human Stories and Conversational Tree

15:00 Computation Narratology

20:00 Daily Routines

25:00 Sleep Cycles

29:00 A-disciplinary and multiple disciplines

35:25 What is a polymath to you?

40:00 Narratives are optimal forms of human communication

45:00 Solving Major Communication problems

49:39 Freshly Squeezed Pulp

55:00 Organizing Information

01:00:00 Anthropology

01:05:00 Outro

Links:

https://adventuresandalgorithms.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WVeHrrScQ

https://www.instagram.com/mac_gagne/

https://www.dukevertices.org/blog/a-game-theory-model-for-behavioral-revolutions-in-varecia-rubra

Featured:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntS3o9eZHyQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WVeHrrScQ

https://agsfellows.weebly.com/mac-gagne

https://ags.duke.edu/2020/06/08/mac-gagne-2020-summer-fellow/

http://www.brookeowensfellowship.org/mac-gagne

https://pulpfest.com/2022/04/34192/

https://www.or.ncsu.edu/people/mmgagne/