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- Grantland Podcast: Nate Silver And Malcolm Gladwell
Found via The Big Picture. Nate Silver and Malcolm Gladwell join Bill to discuss how periodicals are adjusting to the Internet age; Nate’s vision for his new partnership with ESPN ...
- Nate Silver On Charlie Rose
Link to: Nate Silver on Charlie Rose ...
- The Quixotic Quest To Make Pundits Suck Less
Thanks to Sean for passing this along. “The average expert’s forecasts were revealed to be only slightly more accurate than random guessing—or, to put more harshly, only a bit better than the proverbial dart-throwing chimpanzee. And the average...
- Only Fools Claim To Know The Future – By John Kay
At this season it is customary to look back on the achievements of the year that is past and to consider what may unfold in the year to come. Nate Silver, the young statistician who became an unexpected hero of 2012, is relevant to both exercises. Many...
- Nate Silver And The Lessons Of 2012
Via The Big Picture. Link to: Nate Silver and the Lessons of 2012 …………….. Related book: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't Related link: Nate Silver on Charlie Rose (Oct. 30th) ...
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Nate Silver on the Launch of ESPN’s New FiveThirtyEight, Burritos, and Being a Fox
Link to article: Nate Silver on the Launch of ESPN’s New FiveThirtyEight, Burritos, and Being a Fox
Stats superstar Nate Silver hates the term “data-driven.” He also hates the work of just about every popular columnist at all of the major newspapers, including his former employer, the New York Times. But he loves burritos. On March 17, Silver will deliver his fix — yes, it’s data-driven — for the world of journalism in the form of a new FiveThirtyEight, now owned and operated by ESPN (and its parent company, Disney-ABC). Along with covering his signature topics of sports and politics, Silver’s staff aims to apply an accessible, quantitative approach to economics, science, and the catch-all topic “lifestyle.” Also, Mexican food.
Ahead of the launch, he talked to Daily Intelligencer about learning how to be a manager, his problem with “hedgehogs,” and how hard it is to hire women.
- Grantland Podcast: Nate Silver And Malcolm Gladwell
Found via The Big Picture. Nate Silver and Malcolm Gladwell join Bill to discuss how periodicals are adjusting to the Internet age; Nate’s vision for his new partnership with ESPN ...
- Nate Silver On Charlie Rose
Link to: Nate Silver on Charlie Rose ...
- The Quixotic Quest To Make Pundits Suck Less
Thanks to Sean for passing this along. “The average expert’s forecasts were revealed to be only slightly more accurate than random guessing—or, to put more harshly, only a bit better than the proverbial dart-throwing chimpanzee. And the average...
- Only Fools Claim To Know The Future – By John Kay
At this season it is customary to look back on the achievements of the year that is past and to consider what may unfold in the year to come. Nate Silver, the young statistician who became an unexpected hero of 2012, is relevant to both exercises. Many...
- Nate Silver And The Lessons Of 2012
Via The Big Picture. Link to: Nate Silver and the Lessons of 2012 …………….. Related book: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't Related link: Nate Silver on Charlie Rose (Oct. 30th) ...