[lodrein]

I agree that the role of politics is important, and maybe it is for the best if it can help create a conversation.

One of the main objective of this particular project was to make a complex problem more accessible to a general audience, so that such a debate could take place. For example, before this "algorithm", it was harder to understand the impact of your school time on the other schools and the budget of the district. And this budget is also what pays for teachers, nurses and buildings.

My hope is to convey that yes, algorithms can be scary when they decide for you, but sometimes they are just tools that bring information to the debate and help the minorities be heard. And ultimately, humans make the important decisions.

[ageitgey]

Thanks for your insight. I think the work itself was really interesting and super useful. My point is just that often great work is a tiny component of successfully convincing a semi-rational and biased populace of agreeing to something. It's just plain hard.

I hope you'll keep on doing great stuff like this even if sometimes the surrounding political situation outside of your control is messy and sometimes feels discouraging.