10.2) A Case Study in Bureaucracy: The Jedi Order and Institutional Decay

The Original Trilogy brought me into the world of Star Wars but growing up meant I would fall in love ...
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10.1) Why Thanos Is a Terrible Data Scientist: Analyzing The Blip Through Sociology

I’ve got to be honest, when I watched Avengers: Infinity War, somewhere deep down in my heart I felt, “Well, ...
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9.2) Algorithmic Determinism: Is It Stereotype Mapping?

What I am most proud of in my work with the Truth Review is the “Evidence Mapping” step I devised ...
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9.1) Hawkeye: Technological Inequality?

My Truth Review fact-checking tool was designed to democratize knowledge and critical thinking skills. I wanted there to be no ...
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8.2) Sabermetrics of the Soul: When Data Kills the Narrative

Sociologist Max Weber famously coined the term “disenchantment.” He believed in the idea that as science progressively develops to calculate ...
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8.1) The Dodgers, The Super League, and the Americanization of Sport

As a lifetime Dodger fan, the 2024 offseason felt like a fever dream. Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamato, then Shohei Ohtani. ...
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7.2) Once in a Generation Talent Into Data: Shohei Ohtani

Finally, it’s time we talk about Shohei Ohtani. In data science, there is one simple and clear term that describes ...
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7.1) The Kershaw Numbers

I promised I’d write about Clayton Kershaw. Here it is. As a kid in NC, I wore his jersey—which I ...
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6.2) Defining Value on Talent: WAR and Its Implications Beyond Baseball

If you scroll down on Twitter as a baseball fan long enough, you’ll probably come across posts arguing about WAR ...
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6.1) Sabermetrics: It’s All About Ignoring Noise

As a second grader in the United States, I often used to debate who the best pitcher was with my ...
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