Scoan

You make a very good point. Data is potentially useful, but it's not everything. 

It's common for the young (I actually was there once!) to think they've...

I read the initial Freakonomics book, and found it interesting, but also felt there was a great deal of selective 'hindsight' in the evaluation of different scenarios.

Data can...

So you resisted the temptation to call this a humbug.

One approach to this is to have a completely separate 'sanity check' program which includes definitions of behavior that...

Our education system is becoming a mess.
Even our top schools seem to be getting in the business of grade inflation, handing out high grades for mediocre or poor performance,...

I doubt the EU initiative will really reduce data breaches (CIA and NSA somehow weren't able to protect their own data).

Cardinal Richelieu is quoted as saying "If one...

So if this goes the wrong way, soon the Chinese government will be able to demand documents and private emails from 'dissidents' living in the US. This is a really...

As a side point, it's interesting how the medium changes things.

People who consider themselves introverts seem very active in this text based conversation (which I think is a...