Good read.
While I previously mentioned the significance of being able to make
correlations between apparently totally unrelated data, and act on such
correlations without bothering to understand why they exist (it's a
fallacy to assume that understanding is required for acting), I was
Sorry: here is the missing link
The New Military-Industrial Complex of Big Data Psy-Ops
It was there before but seemed to have disappeared
Allan
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/21/the-digital-military-industrial-complex/?utm_medium=email_campaign=NYR%20Wolves%20Orban%20Cambridge
Hello
The New Military-Industrial Complex of Big Data Psy-Ops,
from
Apparently, the age of the old-fashioned spook is in decline. What is emerging
instead is an obscure world of mysterious boutique companies specializing in
data analysis and online influence that contract with government