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The world has come a long way since the days of the printing press. Information is no longer a scarce commodity; we have more of it than we know what to do with. But relatively little of it is useful. We perceive it selectively, subjectively, and without much self-regard for the distortions that this causes. We think we want information when we really want knowledge.
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
(book)
by Nate Silver
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