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It's Called Silicon Sampling, and It's Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling
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nytimes.com
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tysone
9 hours ago
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anitil 4 hours ago
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> Silicon sampling removes the messy, costly part of asking people what they think
Sometimes I wonder if I'm too cynical, and at other times I wonder if I'm not cynical enough
pavel_lishin 9 hours ago
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This feels very close to The Franchise, by Asimov:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_%28short_story%29
Sometimes I wonder if I'm too cynical, and at other times I wonder if I'm not cynical enough