The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Real Lesson for Data Science That is Demonstrated by Palantir’s Struggles The real message from the Buzzfeed article goes beyond just Palantir and is highly relevant to the data science world. It ultimately comes down to the question of what is the value of data analysis?, and secondarily, how do you communicate that value? …
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Now Big Data Has to Be Fast I read “Big Data Is No Longer Enough: It’s Now All about Fast Data.” The write up is interesting because it shifts the focus from having lots of information to infrastructure which can process the data in a timely manner. Note that “timely” means different things in different …
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Ethics? We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics. Imperialism via Data: The Digitization of Human Behavior, “Social Radar”, Sensors and Neuroscience John Stanton, Global Research, 13 March 2016 In 2007 I wrote and presented a conceptual paper to an international studies group in Portugal. The subject matter was, generally, the use of Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience (ECN) …
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ODI: Over £40m* value unlocked worldwide The Open Data Institute (ODI) has announced that the total value it has helped unlock to the open data ecosystem has exceeded £40m in the three years since it opened. This includes direct income, grants and competition funding, incubated ODI Startup income and the ODI Node franchise network. Also …
4th International Open Data Conference Global goals, local impact Madrid, 6-7 October 2016 #ODC16
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Hack PPT (24 Slides with Notes): The Ultimate Hack 1.1 All graphics with full text below the fold.
diaspora* – a privacy-aware, community-run, open source, decentralized social network puts users in control of their data security Since 2012 the community has:
