![rw-book-cover](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5d9341f2-7bd1-4fb2-94b6-d60a383a78bc_1228x682.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Benn stancil|Benn Stancil]] - Full Title:: The Return of the Modern Data Stack - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://benn.substack.com/p/the-return-of-the-modern-data-stack - Read date:: [[2025-02-27]] ## Highlights > the more I learned about the world I worked in—data and its related parties—the more it revealed itself to be a horrific Rube Goldberg machine. Leading tech companies aren’t full of [futuristic computers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRELLH86Edo) that aggregate their vast surveillance infrastructure into some piercing Eye of Sauron; they are full of people wondering why their lists don’t match. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jmmvtavvzwm3ph4yzjfkzrm7))