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Is big data the new reductionism?

People from different places and different backgrounds tend to produce different sorts of information. And so we risk ignoring a lot of important nuance if relying on big data as a social/economic/political mirror.

Mark Graham, “Big data and the end of theory” The Guardian. March 2012

Alternatives to reductionism?

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