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eeh | 5 years ago

The leader of this, Dominic Cummings, advocates for a quantitative/tech approach to policy, e.g.

https://dominiccummings.com/2020/01/02/two-hands-are-a-lot-w... on who he wants to hire.

https://dominiccummings.com/2019/06/26/on-the-referendum-33-... on tech to assist decision making in government.

https://dominiccummings.com/2014/08/19/standin-by-the-window... on his trip to SciFoo, and being a policy person amongst tech people.

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rich_sasha|5 years ago

His goals are rather dystopian though, despite the sophisticated tools.

There is no scientific view under which Brexit, which he helped achieve, is a good idea.

eeh|5 years ago

> His goals are rather dystopian though, despite the sophisticated tools.

Oh?

> There is no scientific view under which Brexit, which he helped achieve, is a good idea.

Brexit involved many factors including the value attributed to greater democratic control and greater control over immigration. How have you quantified that in your (allegedly) exhaustive evaluation of all scientific views?

CodeGlitch|5 years ago

OK thanks due to the paywall I only read the 1st paragraph.