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Neutral data

“‘The map is not the territory … but another version of reality,’ Wreckert said, quoting semanticist Alfred Korzybski, one of William S. Burroughs’ biggest influences. “Data is always translated to what they might be presented. The images, lists, graphs, and maps that represent those data are all interpretations, and there is no such thing as neutral data. Data is always collected for a specific purpose, by a combination of people, technology, money, commerce, and government.”

*How to Fake a Traffic Jam on Google Maps* (cache)

Rien n’est neutre mais tout est relativement hackable. Le manque de résilience d’un système fortement couplé a cette défaillance qu’il suffit d’un petit grain de sable pour que la machine ne sache quoi en faire.