links for 2005-12-22
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"Anderson's insistence that a theoretical principle - N+1 intelligence - matters more than the occasional failure of a system for individual users - amounts to an ideological conviction."
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"Might not this statistical optimization of "value" at the macroscale be a recipe for mediocrity at the microscale - the scale, it's worth remembering, that defines our own individual lives and the culture that surrounds us?"
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"Because [Google, Wikipedia, Blogosphere] operate on the alien logic of probabilistic statistics, which sacrifices perfection at the microscale for optimization at the macroscale." I'm beginning to think Chris Anderson is a crackpot.
Posted by Gene Smith on Dec 22, 2005
