Before suggesting four books about Data and Human Bias, let me ask you a simple question. What could oil and data have in common? They seem to belong to different worlds because an oil refinery sounds like an industrial cathedral. Usually, it is in the middle of the ocean, creating long shadows with its long towers. Despite that, the data […]
📚 Four Books about Data and Human Bias
🦠 No, People Gatherings Are Not The Main Cause for COVID-19 Deaths
Who’s Yoyang Gu? Recently I read an interesting article about the leading causes of COVID deaths, according to statistical analysis. Surprisingly population age or lockdown measures are not strong predictors of the number of deaths in a given country; other factors should be considered, as you will see below. The author is Yoyang Gu, a data scientist and practical machine learning expert. […]
💾 The Economics of Big Data: Why, How and What
A New Economy What do oil and data could have in common? They seem to belong to different worlds because an oil refinery is imagined as an industrial cathedral, a place of drama, power and dark recess, usually in the middle of the ocean, creating long shadows its long towers. Despite that, the data and oil industry have much to […]