| Greedy behavior ruined the internet. Addiction is a symptom. We're all guilty to some degree. I think substituting data for wisdom is a big part of the problem. If we get what we measure and we're measuring greed metrics, what's the surprise? Clicks, users (ironically named), leads. Data is great for spotting and creating problems, but not so good at coming up with solutions. More data won't eliminate greed, but it can help in exploiting greed for more greed, so more data it is. Politicians and advertisers have been data driven for decades. Look where that got us. Is anyone doing data analysis on the effects of greed on the economic well being of citizens? That would be ironic. It seems like until the data says what we want it to say, there's a problem with the data. Maybe the problem is outsourcing being humans to data. Sorry for the rant, thanks for reading. |