Hope consists in asserting
Hope consists in asserting that there is at the heart of being, beyond all data, beyond all inventories and all calculations, a mysterious principle which is in connivance with me Gabriel Marcel
Data
I will tell you
I will tell you one thing that will make you rich for life. There are two struggles: an Inner-world struggle and an Outer-world struggle…you must make an intentional contact between these two worlds; then you can crystallize data for the Third World, the World of the Soul. G. I. Gurdjieff
Yet the companions of
Yet the companions of the Muses will keep their collective nose in my books And weary with historical data, they will turn to my dance tune. Ezra Pound
Morphological information has provided
Morphological information has provided the greatest single source of data in the formulation and development of the theory of evolution and that even now, when the preponderance of work is experimental, the basis for interpretation in many areas of study remains the form and relationships of structures. Everett C. Olson
Lithium is like a
Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium in the world. Evo Morales
In China, Internet surveillance
In China, Internet surveillance has already become a profitable industry. In fact, a growing number of private firms eagerly assist the local police by aggregating this data and presenting it in easy-to-browse formats, allowing humans to pursue more analytical tasks. Evgeny Morozov
In the past it
In the past it would take you weeks, if not months, to identify how Iranian activists connect to each other. Now you know how they connect to each other by looking at their Facebook page. KGB … used to torture in order to get this data. Evgeny Morozov
Truly smart technologies will
Truly smart technologies will remind us that we are not mere automatons who assist big data in asking and answering questions. Evgeny Morozov
As befits Silicon Valley,
As befits Silicon Valley, ‘big data’ is mostly big hype, but there is one possibility with genuine potential: that it might one day bring loans – and credit histories – to millions of people who currently lack access to them. Evgeny Morozov
The great temptation of
The great temptation of Big Data is that we can stop worrying about comprehension and focus on preventive action instead. Instead of wasting precious public resources on understanding the ‘why’ – i.e., exploring the reasons as to why terrorists become terrorists – one can focus on predicting the ‘when’ so that a timely intervention could … Read more