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Go read some WWII history.

Particularly those parts in which certain large information business organizations were subject to hostile takeovers, rendering prior understandings of data acquisition and use obsolete.

I'm thinking in particular of, say, the German Bundesrepublic and Vichy France. Though you might argue that the former was sanctioned by democratic processes, I suspect even you would be hard pressed to say the same of the latter.

If nothing else, it'll keep you off HN for a few hours, which would be a net benefit for the rest of us. With a low p-value, you might actually accumulate a few drams of wisdom.




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