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Someone always asks the math teacher, “Am I going to use calculus in real life?” And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.

Arthur Benjamin’s formula for changing math education | Video on TED.com

I think I’m the only person I know that still used trig regularly, but yeah, everyone uses statistics all the time.