In a country where all men and women are created equal, data may prove to be the great differentiator.
This is what is implied with the concept of “Data-Driven Societies,” as recently explained in a compelling story in The New York Times. The report details a gathering of academics, business executives and journalists who assembled in mid-February to mull over this concept, and what it could mean for public policy.
Leading the group was Alex Pentland, a computational social....