The Age of Big Data: A BBC Documentary (Video)

On predictive policing, making millions with math, and mapping the cosmos

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Jeff Brantingham, UCLA: “Mathematics gives you the ability to understand exactly why things are happening within the data in a way that gut feelings do not.” See also “Sending the Police Before There’s a Crime”