Hal Varian: “Data availability is going to continue to grow. To make that data useful is a challenge. It’s generally going to require human beings to do it.”
Source: Carl Bialik, “Data Crunchers Now the Cool Kids on Campus,” The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2013
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