Comments on: Changing Epistemologies for the Data-Driven: Thoughts post-The Browser interview http://n0d3.org/changing-epistemologies-for-the-data-driven-thoughts-post-the-browser-interview/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:05:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=214 By: Winooski http://n0d3.org/changing-epistemologies-for-the-data-driven-thoughts-post-the-browser-interview/#comment-253 Winooski Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:38:59 +0000 http://n0d3.org/?p=77#comment-253 I dunno, man, I see innumeracy becoming more the norm here in 'murica. "<i>I do envision a future in which those who are data-literate begin to wield a distinct advantage over those who are not.</i>" And that's different from the past 100 years...how? Weren't data-literate folks at a (potential) financial advantage from the start, say, of stock markets? "<i>I do think that we’re experiencing an exponential growth curve in turbulence of information/knowledge generation.</i>" Oh yeah, totally agreed. Oh, wait..."turbulence"? I dunno about turbulence as opposed, I guess, to placidness. The exponential growth curve, though, is a phenomenon the existence of which I can certainly get behind. (Aside: I originally typed "The exponential growth curse". Freudian slip.) I dunno, man, I see innumeracy becoming more the norm here in ‘murica.

“I do envision a future in which those who are data-literate begin to wield a distinct advantage over those who are not.”

And that’s different from the past 100 years…how? Weren’t data-literate folks at a (potential) financial advantage from the start, say, of stock markets?

“I do think that we’re experiencing an exponential growth curve in turbulence of information/knowledge generation.”

Oh yeah, totally agreed. Oh, wait…”turbulence”? I dunno about turbulence as opposed, I guess, to placidness. The exponential growth curve, though, is a phenomenon the existence of which I can certainly get behind. (Aside: I originally typed “The exponential growth curse”. Freudian slip.)

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