Pierre Levy: The Limits of Big Data – The More You Have, The More Human Judgment Matters
The limits of Big Data Michael Schrage CNN, 10 October 2012 Two new books argue that algorithms can’t fully replace human judgment. A review of Samuel Arbesman’s The Half-Life of Facts and Nate Silver’s The Signal and The Noise. EXTRACT: The ironic takeaway from both these fine books, however, is that the more data and …