The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

to rethink how investment decisions are made, and substituting data and code for human experience, judgment, and intuition.

The Geeks, or computer science experts, have developed the tools to analyze ever larger sets of data in ever more illuminating ways. The Wonks, on the policy side, have come up with creative ways to use this computing power for better government, smarter business policy, and faster innovation.