#36: What would our world be like without numbers?

Summary: <p>What are numbers? Did we make them, or were we given them? How do they affect us? Are there people who do not have numbers? Gordon interviews Anthropologist <a href="http://www.as.miami.edu/anthropology/people/faculty/caleb-everett/">Caleb Everett</a>, author of a forthcoming book that gives a sweeping study of numbers and how they radically shape the way we understand our world. </p> <p>Cited is a podcast and radio show produced out of the world class Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. It is written, edited, produced and hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/Samadeus">Sam Fenn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/gordonkatic">Gordon Katic</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/alexanderbkim">Alexander Kim</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshGD">Josh Gabert-Doyon</a>. If you like the show, please <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/cited/id558228325?mt=2">subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/citedpodcast">follow us on Twitter</a>; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citedpodcast/?fref=ts">like us on Facebook</a>; and send us an email to let us know what you think at cited.podcast@ubc.ca.</p>