Data Made Me Do It

By Marta Stelmaszak Rosa

Computer Science
The Kinds of Data Scientist
Harvard Business Review - Yael Garten
In 2012, HBR dubbed data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st century”. It is also, arguably, the vaguest. To hire the right people for the right roles, it’s important to distinguish between different
Why data culture matters
mckinsey.com - By Alejandro Díaz, Kayvaun Rowshankish, and Tamim Saleh
Organizational culture can accelerate the application of analytics, amplify its power, and steer companies away from risky outcomes. Here are seven …
Op-ed: We gave corporations our data. Now they're deciding how aI will affect our future.
futurism.com - Daniel Wagner
In 2016, some Google employees shared a video that was both inspiring and unsettling. In the nine-minute film dubbed “The Selfish Ledger,” a narrator …
Algorithms Could Create an Even Playing Field—if We Insist on It
slate.com - Jeanna Matthews
This will be hard, but not impossible.
Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work
indiebound.org
“A timely, accessible analysis of a Silicon Valley innovator that disrupted an industry.” “A timely look at the tensions between technology and the …
Beyond Interactive: Notebook Innovation at Netflix
medium.com
Netflix Technology BlogBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Aug 16 By Michelle Ufford, M Pacer, Matthew Seal, and Kyle Kelley Notebooks have rapidly grown in …
Don't Touch the Computer
behavioralscientist.org - Evan Nesterak
Deep Blue’s 1997 victory over world champion Garry Kasparov was the beginning of the end of mankind’s chess dominance. A game once believed to be the …
What to Do When Algorithms Rule
behavioralscientist.org - Evan Nesterak
The first American astronauts were recruited from the ranks of test pilots, largely due to convenience. As Tom Wolfe describes in his incredible book …
I never should have trusted that fitness tracker. Now I know why | Sam Leith
The Guardian - Sam Leith
News that these devices can wildly overestimate activity makes my obsession with Apple’s Health app look pretty sad It was not all that long ago that my ever-lovin’ wife showed me the Apple Health app
New Report Highlights Discrimination Issues in Online Platforms - National Employment Law Project
nelp.org - by Laura Padin Areas of expertise: Enforcement of Workplace Standards, Nonstandard Workforce, Unions and Labor Law Read Profile
An important new report by Data & Society highlights the employment barriers and discrimination risks created by online labor platforms for …
China’s use of big data might actually make it less Big Brother-ish - MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review - by Yasheng Huang
Why the country’s adoption of ever-more-intrusive technology could, paradoxically, lead to stronger civil liberties. By 2020, China’s new system of …
Third Party Apps: The Next Big Data Sharing Scandal?
Forbes - Geoff White
As more details emerge about a hack on Ticketmaster’s site, the next data-sharing scandal could be about to break. In June Ticketmaster confirmed that hackers may have pilfered personal and payment information
Facebook helps landlords discriminate against minorities, says U.S. Government
futurism.com - Kristin Houser
ENABLING DISCRIMINATION. Facebook is (once again) in the doghouse with the U.S. government. This time it’s because of the company’s advertising …