Social data scientist with too many questions | PhD from @EUI
https://laurenleek.eu/
https://laurenleek.substack.com
Lauren Leek
Great to see my latest substack post and interactive map of the pokies and third places featured in the most recent Guardian Crunch #datavis newsletter:)
It's kind of @laurenleek.eu to like this because I drew very heavily on her laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-quiet-... in piloting this section last year. I gave due credit, of course, but frankly money should probably have changed hands too.
Lauren Leek
I show data on two trends undermining surveys: the collapse of human response rates and the increase of AI agents. I'll also discuss downstream implications and propose some possible solutions.
Still trying to figure out the Gold Coast. Skyscrapers as beachfront, strip malls 200m inland, barely footpaths, no city centre and somehow Australia’s favourite holiday destination and 6th biggest city. Please explain (in European).
Found in Surry Hills (Sydney) street library: Quantitative Analysis for Management, fairy tales and faith books. Gentrification is complete.
Data engineers: I’m busy building a large-scale cloud data pipeline and want to get the foundations right from the start. What’s the one thing you wish you’d set up early? 🙏
