The Data BubbleThis Post ran on my blog almost six years ago. I was wrong about the timing, but not about the turning: because it’s about to…
Where Do We Find Ethics?I was in elementary school, watching the TV live, when the Challenger exploded. My classmates and I were stunned…
Business Intelligence is DeadThe human brain constitutes about 2% of our body mass, but consumes as much as 20% of our energy. As an intermediary in decision-making, not only is the brain inefficient, it’s also often wrong as discussed at length in Daniel Kahneman’s book Thinking Fast & Slow.
Big Data for Reputation ManagementIn the reputation economy, businesses are judged by how well they treat customers and what…
Villanova will win the 2016 March Madness tournament, according to my machine learning modelKaggle is holding a great contest that asks people to submit predictions for the 2016 NCAA March Madness tournament. Best part: They provide a slew of game data dating back…
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The Return of the AutomatonJust over a week ago I was at a small Easter family gathering. As always there was some chance to reminisce…
This Week in Data #5My thoughts on what’s timely, interesting or quirky in the world of data. If you’d like to receive this in your inbox every week, subscribe here.Kick OffIf you ever wondered whether coders have a moral code, you got an answer in the…
