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Porway:
Question everything, but be an optimist. I am always deeply critical
of technology because of the potential for misuse. George Box has been say-
ing for a century that all models are wrong, but some are useful. And to me,
that is the optimistic part. Sure, some people might say because of data privacy
issues we just shouldn't do anything with data science. We should lock data
down and save ourselves from ourselves. I think that's too extreme. I think it's
right to question the issues around data, data science, data privacy, data ethics,
data misuse, and so forth. But it shouldn't dissuade us from finding solutions
to those problems, because the benefits far outweigh the risks. And I'm opti-
mistic. Yes, be skeptical, but also make sure to be optimistic.