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by eeh 2171 days ago
The leader of this, Dominic Cummings, advocates for a quantitative/tech approach to policy, e.g.

https://dominiccummings.com/2020/01/02/two-hands-are-a-lot-w... on who he wants to hire.

https://dominiccummings.com/2019/06/26/on-the-referendum-33-... on tech to assist decision making in government.

https://dominiccummings.com/2014/08/19/standin-by-the-window... on his trip to SciFoo, and being a policy person amongst tech people.

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His goals are rather dystopian though, despite the sophisticated tools.

There is no scientific view under which Brexit, which he helped achieve, is a good idea.

> His goals are rather dystopian though, despite the sophisticated tools.

Oh?

> There is no scientific view under which Brexit, which he helped achieve, is a good idea.

Brexit involved many factors including the value attributed to greater democratic control and greater control over immigration. How have you quantified that in your (allegedly) exhaustive evaluation of all scientific views?

OK thanks due to the paywall I only read the 1st paragraph.