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michael_nielsen 1 ನಿಮಿ
Incidentally, I'm reluctant to commit to definitions. As I wrote to a friend about defining "interface" recently:
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michael_nielsen 3 ನಿಮಿ
Parts of Wikipedia do seem to have that as a major goal. Wikipedia as a whole, probably not. Same for many books
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michael_nielsen 5 ನಿಮಿ
"history's diffs" is wonderfully evocative! Of course, now you need to define "history"...
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michael_nielsen 6 ನಿಮಿ
fashion are borderline: broad trends are news, details are arguably not (not quite enough broad human interest).
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michael_nielsen 7 ನಿಮಿ
Under this definition, stock prices are an edge case (not a lot of context); most traditional news fits. Things like
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michael_nielsen 8 ನಿಮಿ
which aim to convey & contextualize the current state of human affairs. "Current" is a rather loose term, here.
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michael_nielsen 8 ನಿಮಿ
Alright, a (rough) shot at this, subject to revision: in this conversation, I've been thinking of news as ppl & orgs
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michael_nielsen 10 ನಿಮಿ
Certainly, he's not in what we traditionally call the news business.
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michael_nielsen 11 ನಿಮಿ
It's a question of definitions, but at least as I think of it, Max is in the news business.
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michael_nielsen 15 ನಿಮಿ
I like the term "reactive news"! Implies "proactive news", or something like that.
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michael_nielsen 18 ನಿಮಿ
How do you think Vox (etc) have succeeded? And failed? What else could they have tried?
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michael_nielsen 21 ನಿಮಿ
It's hard for me to believe I won't like it. The title & cover alone are almost worth it. Great coffee-table book!
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michael_nielsen 23 ನಿಮಿ
is for interested data viz people to build new channels, like ourworldindata.
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michael_nielsen 23 ನಿಮಿ
Actually, let me amend that, since it commits two sins I dislike (suggesting what people do, and stereotyping): a better solution
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michael_nielsen 25 ನಿಮಿ
There goes $38 :-)
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michael_nielsen 26 ನಿಮಿ
Vox looks to me like punditry with a data veneer. 538 is much better, and ourworldindata is much better still.
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michael_nielsen 29 ನಿಮಿ
Makes me wonder if a better solution isn't for people like you to build new channels (like ourworldindata)!
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michael_nielsen 30 ನಿಮಿ
In that vein, v. interesting post by on why Nate Silver left the Times:
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