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Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data by
From the New York Times bestselling author of Big Data, a prediction for how data will revolutionize the market economy and make cash, banks, and big companies obsolete In modern history, the story of capitalism has been a story of firms and financiers. That's all going to change thanks to the Big Data revolution. As Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, bestselling author of Big Data, and Thomas Ramge, who writes for The Economist, show, data is replacing money as the driver of market behavior. Big finance and big companies will be replaced by small groups and individual actors who make markets instead of making things: think Uber instead of Ford, or Airbnb instead of Hyatt. This is the dawn of the era of data capitalism. Will it be an age of prosperity or of calamity? This book provides the indispensable roadmap for securing a better future.
The Law of Big Data by
Big Data: A Business and Legal Guidesupplies a clear understanding of the interrelationships between Big Data, the new business insights it reveals, and the laws, regulations, and contracting practices that impact the use of the insights and the data. Providing business executives and lawyers (in-house and in private practice) with an accessible primer on Big Data and its business implications, this book will enable readers to quickly grasp the key issues and effectively implement the right solutions to collecting, licensing, handling, and using Big Data. The book brings together subject matter experts who examine a different area of law in each chapter and explain how these laws can affect the way your business or organization can use Big Data. These experts also supply recommendations as to the steps your organization can take to maximize Big Data opportunities without increasing risk and liability to your organization. Provides a new way of thinking about Big Data that will help readers address emerging issues Supplies real-world advice and practical ways to handle the issues Uses examples pulled from the news and cases to illustrate points Includes a non-technical Big Data primer that discusses the characteristics of Big Data and distinguishes it from traditional database models Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, the book will help executives, managers, and counsel better understand the interrelationships between Big Data, decisions based on Big Data, and the laws, regulations, and contracting practices that impact its use. After reading this book, you will be able to think more broadly about the best way to harness Big Data in your business and establish procedures to ensure that legal considerations are part of the decision.
The Human Face of Big Data by
The images and stories captured in The Human Face of Big Data are the result of an extraordinary artistic, technical, and logistical juggling act aimed at capturing the human face of the Big Data Revolution. nbsp; Big Data is defined as the real time collection, analyses, and visualization of vast amounts of the information.nbsp; In the hands of Data Scientists this raw information is fueling a revolution which many people believe may have as big an impact on humanity going forward as the Internet has over the past two decades. Its enable us to sense, measure, and understand aspects of our existence in ways never before possible. nbsp; The Human Face of Big Data captures, in glorious photographs and moving essays, an extraordinary revolution sweeping, almost invisibly, through business, academia, government, healthcare, and everyday life. It's already enabling us to provide a healthier life for our children. To provide our seniors with independence while keeping them safe. To help us conserve precious resources like water and energy. To alert us to tiny changes in our health, weeks or years before we develop a life-threatening illness. To peer into our own individual genetic makeup. To create new forms of life.nbsp; And soon, as many predict, to re-engineer our own species. And we've barely scratched the surface . . . nbsp; Over the past decade, Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, co-founders of Against All Odds Productions, have produced a series of ambitious global projects in collaboration with hundreds of the world's leading photographers, writers, and graphic designers. Their Day in the Life projects were credited for creating a mass market for large-format illustrated books (rare was the coffee table book without one).nbsp; nbsp; Today their projects aim at sparking global conversations about emerging topics ranging from the Internet (24 Hours in Cyberspace), to Microprocessors (One Digital Day), to how the human race is learning to heal itself, (The Power to Heal) to the global water crisis (Blue Planet Run). nbsp; This year Smolan and Erwitt dispatched photographers and writers in every corner of the globe to explore the world of “Big Data” and to determine if it truly does, as many in the field claim, represent a brand new toolset for humanity, helping address the biggest challenges facing our species. nbsp; The book features 10 essays by noted writers: Introduction: OCEANS OF DATA by Dan Gardner Chapter 1: REFLECTIONS IN A DIGITAL MIRROR by Juan Enriquez, CEO, Biotechnomomy Chapter 2: OUR DATA OURSELVES by Kate Green, the Economist Chapter 3: QUANTIFYING MYSELF by AJ Jacobs, Esquire Chapter 4: DARK DATA by Marc Goodman, Future Crime Institute Chapter 5:nbsp; THE SENTIENT SENSOR MESH by Susan Karlin, Fast Company Chapter 6: TAKING THE PULSE OF THE PLANET by Esther Dyson, EDventure Chapter 7: CITIZEN SCIENCE by Gareth Cook, the Boston Globe Chapter 8: A DEMOGRAPH OF ONE by Michael Malone, Forbes magazine Chapter 9: THE ART OF DATA by Aaron Koblin, Google Artist in Residence Chapter 10: DATA DRIVEN by Jonathan Harris, Cowbird nbsp; The book will also feature stunning info graphics from NIGEL HOLMES. 1) GOOGLING GOOGLE: all the ways Google uses Data to help humanity 2) DATA IS THE NEW OIL 3) THE WORLD ACCORDING TO TWITTER 4) AUCTIONING EYEBALLS: The world of Internet advertising 5) FACEBOOK: A Billion Friends
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