Seems really bad that mainstream culture has heavily stigmatized companies having lots of data on people. Imagine if big companies were viewed as prosocial for sharing anonymized datasets. Would steer tons of questions we ask in science and also let us get quick answers.
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John Backus Retweeted John Backus
Small example of good we are mostly missing out on: Uber actually publishing research using their driver data.https://twitter.com/backus/status/960950803002400768 …
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John Backus @backusI love how Uber's massive datasets are fueling economic research. Male Uber drivers earn 7% more per hour. "The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from over a Million Rideshare Drivers" https://web.stanford.edu/~diamondr/UberPayGap.pdf … pic.twitter.com/DT3CIv5FkfShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread
John Backus Retweeted Netflix US
Example of building up the stigma that incentivizes companies to keep their data closely guarded: people we're pretty mad at THIS tweethttps://twitter.com/netflix/status/940051734650503168 …
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