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2 years agoWhen we said that data was the new oil in the 80’s, nobody listened.
They still haven’t listened, but if you own stock in those companies at least it’s profitable.
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When we said that data was the new oil in the 80’s, nobody listened.
They still haven’t listened, but if you own stock in those companies at least it’s profitable.
As a general rule, when someone says that data is anonymized, they’re one part lying and one part clueless. It sounds great when they say it, but ultimately it’s bullshit. Maybe if we started calling claims like this lies when they were made, a few more people would pay attention.