In the talk, there's a parallel drawn between the nuclear industry 60 years ago and big data now, where the nuclear was originally touted as a miracle cure for everything, then disasters happened, then it never really got over the stigma despite its huge potential.
Society decided, for now, the upsides aren't worth the downsides.
Oil is another parallel where society is currently just at the point where we are starting to not value the upsides over the downsides.
Society decided, for now, the upsides aren't worth the downsides.
Oil is another parallel where society is currently just at the point where we are starting to not value the upsides over the downsides.