Hi Linkers Am listening to some podcasts from the guys at 538, who are the ones behind predicting elections so well in the US, a guy named Nate Silver and his team http://fivethirtyeight.com/
>Check this out on audioBoom: .19 Why The Bronx Burned: 10/29/15 - >https://audioboom.com/boos/3752166 > >Fascinating story about bad research burning down a city, class, and human >factors. Sorta like Lib govt decisions. Lots of talk about big data, the scaleability fallacy, non-replicability, and just plain bad decision making in public policy. This story, about why NYC burned in the 70s, is something that needs to be shared around. Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker Blog: www.janwhitaker.com Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
