The market's advantage is that it allows things to evolve in a very human way, through a process of constant experiment, involving the free choices of millions of people.

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I'm currently in the process of kick-starting my experiment, with the help of my mentor, Dr Bernie Hogan from the Oxford Internet Institute.

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Registries like .asia and .nu, which each control tens of thousands of Web sites, say they are willing to experiment with the new process, which could help cut their costs by reducing the number of fraudsters who register domain names without paying for them.

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By teaming up with Kmart, Sears can take this experiment a step further and, in the process, save both companies a lot of money.

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Asking the right questions is probably the most important part of the thought process and it turns out you can run a company successfully as a data science experiment if you ask questions.

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