Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
I've become invested with this symbolic power. It really does transcend what I'm actually doing and what I actually deserve.
Not only does political coverage often lose the signal—it frequently accentuates the noise.
When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen
We're living in a world where Google beats Gallup.
On average, people should be more skeptical when they see numbers. They should be more willing to play around with the data themselves.