Subject
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Nate Silver
Bookmarks
Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling
HBR interview with Nate Silver on finding mentors, self-teaching statistics, and not settling for work below your potential. Advice from the FiveThirtyEight founder at the peak of his post-2012-election fame.
Nate Silver Gets Real About Big Data
ReadWrite's coverage of Nate Silver pushing back on big data hype — arguing that more data doesn't automatically improve predictions, and that statistical rigor and good models matter more than raw volume. Silver had credibility from his 2012 election forecasting success.
