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{{a|systems|}}{{Quote|''Turkey'': “I have transformed myself into a data-driven business. All my data — and I’ve got reams of the stuff — tells me that every morning I shall be fed at 9 am on the dot. Aha! Here comes the farmer, right on time! I wonder if I’ll get a special treat because it is Christmas!”
{{a|systems|}}{{quote|As at the time of its analysis, all data is from the past.
:—[[Roger Martin]]}}
{{Quote|''Turkey'': “I have transformed myself into a data-driven business. All my data — and I’ve got reams of the stuff — tells me that every morning I shall be fed at 9 am on the dot. Aha! Here comes the farmer, right on time! I wonder if I’ll get a special treat because it is Christmas!”


''Charlotte (spinning web)'': Ummm}}
''Charlotte (spinning web)'': Ummm}}
{{quote|As at the time of its analysis, all data is from the past.
 
:—[[Roger Martin]]}}


The obsession with [[big data]] has a few implications:  
The obsession with [[big data]] has a few implications:  
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As surely as [[ugliest man|the ugliest man]] killed God, so did data kill the [[superman]]. The ''will to power'' is defeated by the million-strong dull blades of the ''[[will to entropy]]''. It is the ''will to [[premium mediocre]]''.
As surely as [[ugliest man|the ugliest man]] killed God, so did data kill the [[superman]]. The ''will to power'' is defeated by the million-strong dull blades of the ''[[will to entropy]]''. It is the ''will to [[premium mediocre]]''.
===It is historical===
===It is historical===
All data is from the past, as the saying goes
All data is from the past, as Roger Martin has it.
===It is bad===
===It is bad===