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it often becomes impossible to figure out how an individual input is affecting the predicted outcome.
Ian Ayres • Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
“Taguchi Method,”
Ian Ayres • Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart

A statistical procedure cannot estimate the causal impact of rare events
Ian Ayres • Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart

Extremists are often following one another.
Cass R. Sunstein • Conformity
companies have a strong incentive to exploit behavioral biases, including availability, unrealistic optimism, and anchoring.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
In some contexts, collective predictions are more accurate than the best estimate that any member of the group could achieve.