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6 Myths of Big Data: Kate Crawford on Data Fundamentalism (Video)

Kate Crawford at DataEDGE 2013: “Data is something we have to imagine”   6 myths of big data Big data is new Big data is objective Big data won’t discriminate Big data makes cities smart Big data is...

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Leon Wieseltier and Steven Pinker Debate the Quantified Society

“We are becoming a massified, datafied, quantified society, which looks for wisdom in numbers and thinks that numbers can provide certainty… owing to the explosion of so-called big data there has...

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The Evolution of Big Data, At CERN and Everywhere Else (Animation)

Lesson by Tim Smith, animation by TED-Ed. “But if big data has been around for so long, why do we suddenly keep hearing about it now? Well, as the old metaphor explains, the whole is greater than the...

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From the Great Minds Think Alike Files: On Big Data Effectiveness

“More data does not necessarily mean better information… Of course, we need organizations like the CIA, the NSA, the NRO and all the rest. Intelligence is a vital component of national security, and...

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Big Data Observations: The Datasexual

“The datasexual looks a lot like you and me, but what’s different is their preoccupation with personal data. They are relentlessly digital, they obsessively record everything about their personal...

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Big Data Is Neither An Atomic Bomb Nor A Holy Grail

Albert-László Barabási, a physicist and well-known expert in network analysis, published last week an op-ed calling for his fellow scientists to spearhead “the ethical use of big data.” Barabási...

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The Ethics of Big Data (Infographic)

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How People Ignored Each Other Before Smartphones

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6 Bad Digital Habits and How to Overcome Them (Infographic)

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Remembrance of Technology Past in 2030

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The Evolution of Digital Capacity by Country

The Fletcher School, Tufts: The Digital Evolution Index (DEI) analyzes the key underlying drivers and barriers that govern a country’s evolution into a digital economy: Demand, Supply, Institutional...

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The Internet increasingly allows Americans to meet and form relationships...

Michael Rosenfeld and Reuben Thomas, Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary In the past 15 years, the rise of the Internet has partly displaced not only family and...

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How Americans Spend Their Time (Infographic)

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How Much Time the World Spends Looking at Screens (Infographic)

Gizmodo Ever wondered how much time the average person spends looking at their TV, computer, phone or laptop? Well, this chart shows exactly that, broken down by country. Produced by Mary Meeker for...

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iPhone Digital Tipping Point: Screen time took over active leisure in 2007

Brookings: Screen time increasingly dominates our leisure hours, too, according to the annual American Time Use Survey, which is based on a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 15 and...

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Top 19 Artificial Intelligence Movies

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Life Hacking, Developing Countries Version

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