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A History of Data from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

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Are We Still Trying to Apply Science to the Information Ecosystem?

The study of data, the study of society and computational social science still seems to be driven by those same motivations. Do you imagine at some point these things will lead us to some sort of machines of loving grace? Can you imagine that or has writing this book led you to a different conclusion? I can't help but think about a new yule who we're teaching tomorrow.

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