Despite all the fake news, ODI chief Sir Nigel Shadbolt remains 'resolutely optimistic about the emancipating power of good data'

John Leonard
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The UK needs to treat data as infrastructure in the same way as roads and the power grid

On the face of it, these are grim times for those who set store by empirical evidence. With propagandists of all stripes moving to take advantage of the displacement of traditional sources of infor...

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