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Databites"Insurance, at its core, is about sharing risk. From the mutual aid societies of the ancient world through the advent of the modern insurance contract in 14th century Italy, humans have always relied on one another to protect against the vagaries of chance." Read moreApril 2015 -
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Data & SocietyJoshua Tauberer (founder of GovTrack.us) speaks about if.then.fund, a new project he co-founded to bring citizens into the politics of campaign finance: Read moreMarch 2015 -
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Data & SocietyDavid discusses how Americans do and do not use price data in health care according to new survey research conducted by Public Agenda with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read moreMarch 2015 -
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Data & SocietyJudith Donath presents work from an upcoming book and discusses fashion as a signal of status in an information-centric society: Read moreMarch 2015 -
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Data & Society"Jeffrey Lane talks about how gangs are defined and prosecuted through their social media use, drawing on a preliminary content analysis of conspiracy indictments and his fieldwork on street life in Harlem." Read moreMarch 2015 -
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Data & Society"In the wake of 9/11, federal agencies provided considerable funding to state and local law enforcement agencies to collect, analyze, share and deploy a wide range of new data." Read moreFebruary 2015 -
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Data & SocietySean Gorman talks about Timbr.io’s attempt to build software that uses the collective transparency of a community of algorithms to help users create better custom analytics through peer production. Read moreFebruary 2015 -
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Data & SocietySeda works on privacy requirements engineering and the politics surrounding privacy technologies. Read moreFebruary 2015 -
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Data & SocietyStephanie is focused on building innovative technology to help people broaden engagement with their community, government and nonprofits, and to help users in distress. Read moreJanuary 2015 -
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Data & SocietyBen shows off some interesting / fun / unique uses of Open Data including data from TLC, DOT, NYPD, DOH, MTA. Read moreJanuary 2015