DJ Strouse

My Goodreads Review rating: 3 of 5 starsAn imaginative and thought-provoking read worth an hour of your time. Points out the inherent assumptions we harbor as consequences of our environment… and how foolish they can make as seem in the eyes of the more educated. View all my reviews.

The days of statistics are numbered. Statistics as a mathematical field was invented to turn imperfect information into usable generalizations. In an age of door-to-door censuses, phone surveys, and weather stations, it let humans make strong predictions about their world. The impending rise of ubiquitous sensors detecting everything from weather to traffic to human relationships [...]