Racism is predictable. It's predicted by interaction or lack thereof with people unlike you, people of other races.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in it's entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or thirteen-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next 'Twilight' movie.

I don't think that somebody who is observing or predicting behavior should also be participating in the 'experiment.'

We want to get 80%-85% of predictions right, not 100%. Or else we calibrated our estimates in the wrong way.

Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.

If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.