Below are posts associated with the “Nilay Patel” tag.
Jacques Ellul's technique and generative AI
Throughout my career, I’ve been a data-first researcher, and theory has always been one of my weak areas. This is not to say that I dismiss the importance of theory: I appreciate danah boyd and Kate Crawford’s critique of Chris Anderson’s “the numbers speak for themselves” in their 2012 paper Critical Questions for Big Data as much as I appreciate Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren Klein’s similar critique in their book Data Feminism.
🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles'
Some powerful stuff in here. link to “A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for school shootings and measles”