Book Review: Clean Water Policy and State Choice

munication technologies have greatly increased the amount of data that can be accumulated on the state of "smart" infrastructure systems and the emergence of the “Internet of Things.” The problem now appears to be not an absence of data but rather, a lack of actionable information.What this suggests is that improved decision-making for M&R investment (and other areas as well) will perhaps be found in better algorithms rather than more data. Mr. Vincent has much to say about both the history and ethics of measurement and he says it well but I wish he had written more about algorithms and their often very selective impact. Whether “Wins above replacement” tell us more about the value of a baseball player than their batting average is little more than a topic for tavern arguments; algorithms, that intentionally or not, redline minority neighborhoods or reduce the competitiveness of women in the workplace are unjust and indefensible. Although I would have liked to have seen more of what Mr. Vincent had to say about this, at the end of the day, I found Beyond Measure a treasure trove of useful and interesting information and came away with a greater appreciation of all the work that has gone before to make our world a more rational and comprehensible place.