Big Data

As big data rises in prominence, it's time to consider turning quantitative data into a qualitative experience for those with a temporary or permanent loss of sight.

• By Hayley Pontia

Amazon, one of many tech companies that have called for reform of government surveillance, is selling facial recognition services to cops.

• By Kate Wheeling

The criminal justice system has been using predictive algorithms for decades, but research shows even the best algorithms are no better than humans at predicting recidivism—and neither are very good.

• By Kate Wheeling

Saving the planet and addressing climate change now hinges on a massive data puzzle.

• By John Wihbey

Health economist and professor.

• By Wes Judd

Inherent market bias is one of the factors keeping women off corporate boards—until someone has to take the fall. Welcome to the Glass Cliff.

• By Katie Gilbert

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The government unleashed Big Data to shut down Medicare fraud. Why isn't it working?

• By Joe Eaton

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Introducing the January/February 2016 print issue of Pacific Standard.

• By Nicholas Jackson

When we treat people as collections of statistics, we ignore important aspects of their humanity.

• By Aubrey Clayton

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

• By Jaron Lanier

Corporations are increasingly relying on algorithms to make business decisions, and that raises new legal questions.

• By Lauren Kirchner

Asians are nearly twice as likely to get a higher price from the Princeton Review's SAT test prep services.

• By Julia Angwin & Jeff Larson

It's a lot of information overload, but there's some useful stuff in there too.

• By Francie Diep

How Apple's new smartwatch could save lives.

• By Gregory Ferenstein

Even in this Internet age, it's a lot.

• By Francie Diep

The stakes of the analysis are much higher when lives are on the line.

• By Michael White

It's becoming easier to track health data for our own casual use. But for some people—like Ph.D student Maria Qadri, a Type 1 diabetic—it could have a huge impact on quality of life.

• By Jackie Roche

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

• By Avital Andrews

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

• By Avital Andrews

The technophobes are missing a central point: It's about community.

• By Ted Scheinman

After the last presidential election, wide-eyed pundits hailed a brave new era of political campaigning, crediting Obama's victory to his team's wizardry with data. The hype was premature. Here's what the story of 2012 really means for the future of politics.

• By John Sides & Lynn Vavreck

Is quantitative analysis the secret to understanding culture?

• By Jacob Silverman