Data-ism

The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else

De: Steve Lohr

Narrado por: Walter Dixon

Steve Lohr, a technology reporter for the New York Times, chronicles the rise of Big Data, addressing cutting-edge business strategies and examining the dark side of a data-driven world.

Coal, iron ore, and oil were the key productive assets that fueled the Industrial Revolution. Today, Data is the vital raw material of the information economy. The explosive abundance of this digital asset, more than doubling every two years, is creating a new world of opportunity and challenge.

Data-ism is about this next phase, in which vast, Internet-scale data sets are used for discovery and prediction in virtually every field. It is a journey across this emerging world with people, illuminating narrative examples, and insights. It shows that, if exploited, this new revolution will change the way decisions are made—relying more on data and analysis, and less on intuition and experience—and transform the nature of leadership and management.

Lohr explains how individuals and institutions will need to exploit, protect, and manage their data to stay competitive in the coming years. Filled with rich examples and anecdotes of the various ways in which the rise of Big Data is affecting everyday life it raises provocative questions about policy and practice that have wide implications for all of our lives.

insightful

A fantastic and interesting read! This book is highly insightful and captivating. I would highly recommend it.

Great book

Easy to follow, absolutely loved it. Great way to get a feel for the emerging technologies of Data Analytics / Data Science .

Meh

Starts out strong and putters out. The typical hype and use cases of big data are discussed here.

What does it mean to be human?

this book raises questions about how to quantify life? we put sensors on everything and track everything with the internet of things revolution but this book asks how much can one really infer and analyze about human behavior. In short, if you want to know where the future is going, this book is a good indicator. data is the oil of this generation.

Fascinating

A great culmination of intertwining stories that will open your eyes on the fundamentals of consumer data collection today.