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Individually, mostly valueless. But in aggregate, the emergent patterns are hugely valuable. Just as a litterer is fractionally culpable for worsening the earth
by RickS 8y ago
Individually, mostly valueless. But in aggregate, the emergent patterns are hugely valuable. Just as a litterer is fractionally culpable for worsening the earth, our data is fractionally responsible for the wealth of these companies, and for the same reason shouldn't be dismissed as worthless.
- Kalium 8y agoThe flaw in the analogy being that litter builds up additively. User data is more like a square law effect. You're completely right, of course. One user's data isn't worthless and should never be dismissed. Yet in financial and practical terms its value far closer to zero than to any useful unit of account.