All models are wrong, and increasingly you can succeed without them.
We dont have better algorithms, we just have more data
Let me just say that, if you ever have the choice of putting your words in powerpoint or having them carved into 30-foot high marble, I'd say go for the marble.
Simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data.
More data beats clever algorithms, but better data beats more data.
When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.