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For years, policy makers and tech executives have sought to balance the inherent greediness of algorithms’ logic with the human-level fairness of their decisions.

From Scientific American • Apr. 26, 2022

“We have uncovered this greediness in America that I did not think existed, but is alive and well,” said Luke Pergande, a co-founder of Prop Swap.

From New York Times • May 1, 2018

I’m already not a fan of the bride-to-be but this whole event feels like a new level in greediness.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2016

He's painted as a chain-smoking mass of contradictions — a man without close friends but who "wanted acceptance and love and acclaim with a greediness that would have looked pathetic in a less successful man."

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2015

We were all swept up in a greediness we couldn’t stop.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver