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by urthor 1757 days ago
Exactly.

Machine learning, and "data driven" business leadership, is being treated as a get rich quick scheme like it's low hanging fruit that's easy to do.

When in fact it's been known under multiple different names for a very long time, quantitative management.

And the reason it wasn't popular before is that it's very tricky to pull off.