2014: The Year of Data Disruption
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Linguist Geoff Nunberg’s annual “Word of the Year” posts offer an instructive peek into the American psyche. In 2012, he chose “Big Data”. In 2013, his pick was (no, not “twerk”) “selfie.” Nunberg makes his selections based on dominant news stories, or words that he believes tell us something important about the culture at a particular point in time. What appeals to me about the 2012 and 2013 choices is that they illustrate the increasing tension between our fascination with data, and our profound unease at its implications.
1. Data Diversity Requires Diversity Of Expertise
2. Clean Data Is Happy Data
3. Machine Learning Is Table Stakes
4. Data Is The New Disruption
5. Contextual Privacy: The Useful/creepy Conundrum
