DARPA-funded project uses social media to predict suicide by soldiers An effort called the Durkheim Project has brought together a collection of big data companies, universities and government agencies that want to predict suicide risks among veterans by analyzing their social media posts.
July 9, 2013 - GigaOM
Philip Rieff in New York Times Rieff responds: "How stupid of Durkheim; how liberal. Both Christ and Socrates felt authority more strongly, not less; they intensified as they criticized the received renunciatory demands."