“You’re essentially indirectly competing against the smartest, most informationally savvy groups in the world.”
“You’re essentially indirectly competing against the smartest, most informationally savvy groups in the world.”
In a world forged not by the toil of human hands but by the computations of machines, those of us who understand the algorithms hold the trump cards.
Nate Silver • On the Edge
Unless we work actively to become aware of the biases we introduce, the returns to additional information may be minimal—or diminishing.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
We face danger whenever information growth outpaces our understanding of how to process it.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
More Information, More Problems
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
I came to realize that prediction in the era of Big Data was not going very well.
Nate Silver • The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
“Who are our competitors?”