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This a summary of a substitution analysis done of the market/marketing research technology with a forecast for the future.

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This is a well researched and written book about the application of mathematics to almost everything we do.. The author is reporting on trends in the workplace, shopping, politics, journalism, terrorism, health care, and relationships. He does not advocate nor does he attack the trends he’s reporting on.

The book could have been subtitled, “We Are Numbers”.

I found myself deeply disturbed by some of the trends he describes. It’s not only the invasion of privacy that concerns me, but the “wrong… Continue

This is a presentation I did for the MRA a few years ago. You can find a video version here.

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While there is considerable debate as to what constitutes intelligence in humans and about the various types of intelligence that have been discovered, there is little debate as to what constitutes intelligence in and for the systems humans build. Intelligence is any form of information that improves decision making. An intelligence system is an organized way to collect and create intelligence.

Information exists in a spectrum from noise to wisdom. How can noise be information? It’s just inform… Continue