Data paradox, Part 2: who pays for free data?
In a previous post, I laid out three data paradoxes:
Information is more broadly valuable when it is freely available.
Useful data is costly to assemble.
There is no viable business model for public data dissemination.
“Doctor, if I stop reading blogs, will I live?”
“No.”
Given these harsh realities, how do we create useful data? Who pays for something that […]