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That Facebook Experiment has gotten me thinking about ethics in data science. Well, OK, I'd been thinking about it anyway, so this fifteen minutes of moral panic was well timed.

I've been thinking that there is really no code of ethics this young profession, so maybe I need to develop my own, where by "develop" I mean "steal cleverly from others." I've got a start.

I. First, tell no lies.
II. All models are wrong; some are useful.
III. Punch up, not down.