Comment by eesmith

The naive belief that having more data means the organization will be more effective at carrying out its goals.

Doesn't matter what data - the algorithms/AI will figure it out.

Doesn't matter how messy the data - the algorithms/AI will figure it out.

Post-9/11 governance is filled with the CYA view that if we collect enough data we can connect the dots before another event happens.

Privacy issues aren't important, as the organization's goals are good, with strong guards against corruption. (While DOGE accesses highly personal data entrusted to the IRS.)

While the world's data centers are smothered in unused data, collected because it's too hard to figure out what not to save and the Thiel and his malign ilk promise that their tools are good for us.