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How Billy Beane Popularized Data Analysis in Baseball
After witnessing the historic success of Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s, John Henry told Billy “You won the exact same number of games the Yankees won but the Yankees spent 1.4 million per win and you paid 260,000…anybody who’s not tearing their team down and re-building it using your model, they’re dinosaurs.” In the annals of…
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How China Utilizes Data to Control Its Citizens
In an era dominated by technological advancement, the exchange of information is constant and pervasive. Our lives are completely woven into a digital landscape and our data is constantly monitored and collected. While the collection of data can prove to be a benefit of safety for the citizens, it can also prove to be an…