Sublime

More central to the heart of governmental responsibility in democracies, however, is the digitization of public services.

Modern data analytics can produce some miraculous results, but big data is often less trustworthy than small data. Small data can typically be scrutinized; big data tends to be locked away in the vaults of Silicon Valley. The simple statistical tools used to analyze small datasets are usually easy to check; pattern-recognizing algorithms can all to

Paradoxically, the deployment of technology can also serve as a reflection of our humanity. Techniques such as interactive infographics, augmented reality journalism, and 3D content storytelling go beyond mere technological progress; they emphasize human effort , setting it apart from the facile and inexpensive mass-produced content that is becomin

Since few people are database experts, most will use this Open Data through an intermediary—a “choice engine” that integrates the data and helps people filter it by what’s important to them,

It is important to acknowledge that in this context, “smart” is a euphemism for rendition: intelligence that is designed to render some tiny corner of lived experience as behavioral data.

some precocious middle schoolers now take AP Data Science courses where they routinely do projects that would have stumped data analysts a decade earlier. (Analytic software has kept pace with the Open Data explosion.)