[LINK] How bad decisions were made in NY and burned a city

[Jan Whitaker]

Hi Linkers

Am listening to some podcasts from the guys at 538, who are the ones behind predicting elections so well in the US, a guy named Nate Silver and his team
http://fivethirtyeight.com/

>Check this out on audioBoom: .19 Why The Bronx Burned: 10/29/15 - https://audioboom.com/boos/3752166 
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>Fascinating story about bad research burning down a city, class, and human factors. Sorta like Lib govt decisions. 

Lots of talk about big data, the scaleability fallacy, non-replicability, and just plain bad decision making in public policy. This story, about why NYC burned in the 70s, is something that needs to be shared around.

Jan


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