If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him
said the 17th Century French politician Cardinal Richelieu.
Today those six lines could be written on a social media site or be six disparate points drawn from a database. Without context those six lines could condemn us.
Something that’s missed when we talk about Big Data is the risk of false positives – if you dip into the stream, you can prove anything against person.
The world isn’t black or white, there are fifty trillion shades of gray and that’s why it’s important to think before posting an image on the web, firing someone or calling the cops.
In an era where we’re quick to judge and condemn people, the stakes are very high.
Well said. Context is a bit bulky and sometimes lost behind in 140 characters.