Quote by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Download Open image ““Predictions based on correlations lie at the heart of big data.”” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“And most big data programs do a poor job of identifying which correlations are more or less likely to be spurious. The use of… — Alec J. Ross Copy Share Image
“Big data is, in a nutshell, large amounts of data that can be gathered up and analyzed to determine whether any patterns emerge and… — Daniel Covington Copy Share Image
“Big data makes us feel as though we can and should know everything there is to know on earth. But this is a fool’s… — Christian Madsbjerg Copy Share Image
“Since it is all based on statistics, the size of the company’s database is the key to making accurate predictions” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Someday soon, say predictive analytics experts, it will be possible for companies to know our tastes and predict our habits better than we know… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
“Allowing us to do many causal experiments is the fourth power of Big Data.” — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
Biases and blind spots exist in big data as much as they do in individual perceptions and experiences. Yet there is a problematic belief… — Kate Crawford Copy Share Image
“Big Data allows us to meaningfully zoom in on small segments of a dataset to gain new insights on who we are.” — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Copy Share Image
“The amount of stored information grows four times faster than the world economy, while the processing power of computers grows nine times faster. Little… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“So in 2013 the amount of stored information in the world is estimated to be around 1,200 exabytes, of which less than 2 percent is non-digital.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“The very idea of penalizing based on propensities is nauseating. To accuse a person of some possible future behavior is to negate the very… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the constraints that we live with, and presume are the same for everything, are really only functions of the scale in which we… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“the “data scientist,” which combines the skills of the statistician, software programmer, infographics designer, and storyteller.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“Today a third of all of Amazon’s sales are said to result from its recommendation and personalization systems.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image