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This is cool, I’ve been wanting to see more data driven news. I’m also curious about context for current news… So along side an article about a school shootin
by ada1981 3y ago
This is cool, I’ve been wanting to see more data driven news.
I’m also curious about context for current news…
So along side an article about a school shooting, it presents data on how many school shootings, is the trend increasing, other dangers, etc.
- vandemonian 3y agoExactly! Putting proper 'base rates' next to an article, so the reader as the quantitative context. Supposedly that info gets incorporated into prediction markets. 'Forecasting best practice' starts by looking at long-term historical averages to give a sense of the underlying frequency of an event...
- ada1981 3y agoI've often envisioned a future where instead of a stream of headlines of sensationalized news, people just see a KPI dashboard for their life, their family, community and the world. I'm curious how to approach building that or what already exists.