Scott Waterman Interview

I'm Scott Waterman and i'm the founder I'm Scott Waterman and i'm the founder of back quote this is great community of of back quote this is great community of people you see all these folks online writing papers delivering systems writing papers delivering systems building stuff but to see people in building stuff but to see people in person and get a chance to talk with person and get a chance to talk with them and see what they're up to you get them and see what they're up to you get a much deeper sense of what's happening a much deeper sense of what's happening with the community and much stronger with the community and much stronger ties to people one of the reasons that ties to people one of the reasons that the data specifically text is so the data specifically text is so exciting for me is that the compute exciting for me is that the compute power if the world is growing so rapidly power if the world is growing so rapidly this stuff is not static anymore it's this stuff is not static anymore it's not sitting in a file or on a whiteboard not sitting in a file or on a whiteboard or under some statisticians nervous i or under some statisticians nervous i but with the computation attached to the but with the computation attached to the data there's so much that we can learn data there's so much that we can learn and know and the smart machines just and know and the smart machines just reveal so much about the world we could reveal so much about the world we could never see before so I spoke about how text is not just so I spoke about how text is not just data but it's actually a technology it's data but it's actually a technology it's the original technology of humans it's the original technology of humans it's something we create invent and reinvent something we create invent and reinvent and it's changing all the time so texts and it's changing all the time so texts today with computing machines and the today with computing machines and the web and search engines that can grind it web and search engines that can grind it all up together and give you new all up together and give you new insights and new connections is a very insights and new connections is a very different thing than what we all grew up different thing than what we all grew up with reading on static paper that it with reading on static paper that it doesn't change there's a new dynamic to doesn't change there's a new dynamic to the this fundamental piece of what makes the this fundamental piece of what makes us human well the only way to be a good scientist well the only way to be a good scientist or a good engineer is just to be curious or a good engineer is just to be curious take something apart put it back take something apart put it back together try to make it do something new together try to make it do something new try to make it still work whether that's try to make it still work whether that's the computing system whether that's the computing system whether that's analyzing a data set whether thats analyzing a data set whether thats collecting a data set because there's collecting a data set because there's something you need to observe that something you need to observe that nobody else is collected it's just that nobody else is collected it's just that curiosity of what makes this tick and curiosity of what makes this tick and how does it fit together that really is how does it fit together that really is the core of science and engineering you