The NYTimes writes about the logs of Google and how they are representing a huge part of the actual thoughts of the world. "But the data could only reflect patterns, not explain them. That is a paradox of a Google log: it does not capture social phenomena per se, but merely the shadows they cast across the Internet. Very interesting! If you don't have an free account at NYTimes, you can use mine: user:ethno password:log123

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