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A comment on Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Give Real-Time Analytics (2013). Parent comment

Re:Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Give Real-Time An... by anuragojha on Monday October 02, 2017 @02:38AM (#15382061)
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Do you know of any good writing on the web or print that talks more about such abuses in the analytics and corporate world? Interested to learn how to spot when kooky tactics are at play in a tech/corporate setting, specially when its willful.
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Re:Whom the Gods Would Destroy, They First Give Real-Time An... by folbec on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:12AM (#15383504)
"Proofiness" : https://www.amazon.com/Proofiness-Youre-Being-Fooled-Numbers...

It is also a common tread in books by Tufte : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte

I like "Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative" : https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Explanations-Quantities-Eviden...

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