The NY Times Nick Bilton walks into the echo chamber called Silicon Valley, & discovers that lots of startups are solving fake problems that don’t actually create any value (or in other words, a solution is search of a problem). Read more from Evgeny Morozov here
Tag: NY Times
Facts, Truth & Stories in the _____ Era [Opinion Blog]
Data is not information,
Information is not knowledge,
Knowledge is not understanding,
Understanding is not wisdom. ~ Clifford Stoll
Electric cars are taking on the might of the gas-guzzlers. John Broder, a NYTimes journalist, says his car broke down, in his review in the NYTimes on Feb 8, 2013. Elon Musk, the Chairman of Tesla, rebutted Broder’s claims in a blog post, with vehicle log data, claiming that Broder set out with the intention to discredit the Tesla S.
Data should speak louder than opinions, you say? Rebecca Greenfield, writing for the Atlantic, read Musk’s data in a very different light. NYTimes’s Public Editor, Margaret Sullivan, weighs in with her opinion of the way in which the case is unfolding.
David Weinberger explains why facts don’t work the way we want.