The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Insight
Machine-readable government data often meant offline CDs, not internet accessibility
“Machine readable doesn't mean that it's on the internet. It just means that it can be on a CD, ah, and again, there's no way to get visibility or do data, what we call data discovered.”
Jeremy Bronfman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 3:34 Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013
Assertion Contradicted
New McDonald's drive-thrus require FCC licenses, creating trackable alternative data
“Whenever a new McDonald's store opens, they have to file an FCC license for the drive-thru, ah, in order to order.”
Jeremy Bronfman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 10:07 Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013
Insight
NYC consumer startups drove intense competition for front-end developers in 2013
“In New York in general, you find the startup scene is quite consumer oriented, and as a result, there's a lot more competition for front end developers.”
Jeremy Bronfman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 15:50 Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013
Assertion Supported
Obama mandated federal agencies to release data in machine-readable formats
“The president just came out and basically required all federal agencies to release all their data in the machine readable format.”
Jeremy Bronfman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 2:21 Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013
Disclosure
Enigma aggregated 30 billion public records in its database by 2013
“Currently, ah, it's about thirty billion records that we have, and growing, growing very rapidly.”
Jeremy Bronfman Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 4:50 Jeremy Bronfman, CEO, Enigma // Data Driven NYC #17 // June 2013
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