Data Science and the PhD Question: The Assetization of the Doctoral Habitus

“With loads of data you will find relationships that aren’t real. Big Data isn’t about bits. It’s about talent.” —Forbes, 2012 “Data Scientist: The sexiest job of the 21th century.” —Harvard Business Review, 2012 “What does it mean today to say you are—or want to be, or want to hire—a ‘data scientist?’ Not much, unfortunately.” —Wall Street Journal, 2014 “We’ve got a chief data scientist who’s like … with a PhD, it’s amazing.” —Overheard in Red Rock Café, Mountain View, June 2016