[ExI] Weird!? - He's not on Facebook

[BillK]

On 1 February 2017 at 19:33, William Flynn Wallace  wrote:
> When I buy some seeds from burpee they sell my name and address to other
> seed companies which then send me catalogs, which are desired.  Other
> companies, such as charities, do the same.  Although getting unwanted calls
> from charities can be a problem, I am fine with all of this.  I can hang up,
> toss the catalog, block the emails, etc.  So far I have been helped, not
> harmed by these practices.
>

Getting catalogues is trivialising the Big Data problem.

Would you believe that Big Data got Trump elected?
(And possibly helped the Brexit vote).

<https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/how-our-likes-helped-trump-win>

Quotes:

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down

Hannes Grassegger and Mikael Krogerus
Jan 28 2017, 2:15pm

Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in
minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool
help propel Donald Trump to victory? Two reporters from Zurich-based
Das Magazin went data-gathering.
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Very long article, but I found it fascinating.

BillK