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Trying to work out what's going on, and what happens next. Mostly tech. Past lives in equity research, strategy and venture capital. Working on new things.

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    Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 14 May 2018

    The phrase ‘Data is the new oil’ only makes sense if you understand almost nothing about machine learning

    7:41 AM - 14 May 2018
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      2. Swadhin | স্বাধীন‏ @swadhin_pradhan 14 May 2018
        Replying to @benedictevans

        The word 'Data', I believe, is used in two contexts : data driven learning and simply internet data. In the second context, analogy holds.

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 14 May 2018
        Replying to @swadhin_pradhan

        Neither makes any sense.

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      2. David Oser‏ @d_oser 14 May 2018
        Replying to @benedictevans

        What about Blockchain @kylekessler ??

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      3. Petrus Lundqvist‏ @PetrusLundqvist 14 May 2018
        Replying to @d_oser @benedictevans @kylekessler

        It’s about as exciting and transformative as XML. Maybe a bit less.

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      2. Max Sklar‏ @maxsklar 14 May 2018
        Replying to @benedictevans

        I heard they both go through pipelines

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      3. Tony‏ @TonytheTzar 14 May 2018
        Replying to @maxsklar @benedictevans

        pic.twitter.com/jgUPeb58XO

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      1. Heron Ziegel‏ @heron_ziegel 14 May 2018
        Replying to @benedictevans

        Maybe if you said personal data is the oil of the marketing industry.

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      1. Ina Fried‏Verified account @inafried 14 May 2018
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        Or oil

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      1. Osaretin Victor Asemota‏Verified account @asemota 14 May 2018
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        Data is the new "Oxygen" 🤣🤣

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      1. Rahul Kapil‏ @RahulKapil 14 May 2018
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        Data != labelled Data

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