Scientists use big data to sway elections and predict riots — welcome to the 1960s

Jill Lepore

Nature, 2020, vol. 585, issue 7825, 348-350

Abstract: A cold-war-era corporation targeted voters and presaged many of today’s big-data controversies.

Keywords: History; Human behaviour; Computer science; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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