When European merchant bankers came to America, they could no longer judge someone's credit worthiness based on their socks because "American socks had shockingly noisy, confusing patterns"

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The Merchant Bankers, Wechsberg

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDF5Z8KD

There are a lot of dataset features that can appear extremely predictive based on simplistic statistical tests.  But for robust predictive models that don't also end up randomly discriminating against certain populations, you'll want to think long and hard about causality.

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This is an interesting analogy for how societal norms and cultural differences can affect our perceptions of value. Similarly, in DeFi, understanding the cultural context of different protocols and their users can be crucial for making informed investment decisions.