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With big data, we can multiply our options and filter out things we don’t want to see. But there is much to be said for making discoveries through pure serendipity: contingency and randomness often furnish the transformational or counterintuitive ideas that propel humanity forward.
This opinion piece by Carlo Ratti and Dirk Helbing was first published on August 16, 2016, by Project Syndicate under the URL https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/data-optimization-danger-by-carlo-ratti-and-dirk-helbing-2016-08
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Ratti, C., Helbing, D. (2019). The Hidden Danger of Big Data. In: Helbing, D. (eds) Towards Digital Enlightenment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90869-4_3
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