People who know me are aware that I often complain that applying blindly the so-called "precautionary principle" is leading to inaction. However, fear does not prevent danger, so tells a popular French saying. Similarly, data should not prevent any decision making. In a paper about the precautionary principle (in French), Gaspard Koenig states that "the precautionary … Continue reading Free your data: revoke the precautionary principle!
Stéphane Richard (CEO of Orange) at the Avignon Forum in 2012: "Big Data, this is private data business, and it is scaring" (in French: "Le Big Data, c'est le commerce des données personnelles et c'est effrayant") In my eyes, there is much more than threat, when thinking of the future of Big Data. First, let … Continue reading “Big Data”: new frontier or black hole?
Hello Brave New World! It will not be my goal to comment Aldous Huxley's book in this blog, even though I'd love it, but rather to comment on what has been my core business for the past 20 years: data elicitation. With the constant growth of the online usage, the world has been processing ever … Continue reading Brave New World…
Data Elicitation 