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Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto (excerpt)
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Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto (excerpt)

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 / 16 September 2020

Just as big tech leads world in data for profit, the US government can produce data for the public good, sans the bureaucracy. This excerpt of Julia Lane's Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto will whet your appetite for disruptive change in data management, which is critical for democracy's survival.

‘The Kill Chain’: Why America Might Lose Its Next Big War
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‘The Kill Chain’: Why America Might Lose Its Next Big War

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 / 3 June 2020

Christian Brose's defense-nerd position paper, The Kill Chain, inadvertently reveals that the Pentagon's problems (complacency, inertia, arrogance) reflect those of the country at large.