Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us all | Evgeny Morozov | Opinion | The Guardian

"Data, however, does: the more of it you harvest, the better the insights – and the higher the savings you can pass on to citizens." As always, I'm not convinced that _accuracy_ ("better insights") is really the issue here at all, and, without an alternative explanation for the data appetite of the large (AI) platforms, we miss a crucial point of understanding and resistance. Accuracy matters if you think big data is about knowledge. If it's about operational control, then what? -SY