The Secret Life of Data
By Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
By Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
By Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
By Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
Part of The Information Society Series
Part of The Information Society Series
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$29.95
Apr 30, 2024 | ISBN 9780262048811
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Apr 30, 2024 | ISBN 9780262377812
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Praise
“Chock-full of examples of new visioning and computing technology . . . The Secret Life of Data provides a broad, nontechnical, and highly readable introduction to the intersection of data, computing technologies, and contemporary society.”
—CHOICE
Table Of Contents
Contents
Introduction ix
1 DATA ABOUT DATA (ABOUT DATA) 1
2 ALL DATA ARE BIG DATA 25
3 BIG DATA BLUES 55
4 OUR DEVICES ARE “SMART.” BUT ARE WE? 83
5 THE SECRET DATA OF LIFE 109
6 THE OVEREXAMINED LIFE 137
7 ALL THE WORLD’S A STACK 161
8 DATA AND DEMOCRACY 185
Conclusion: Data Afterlives 213
Acknowledgments 239
Notes 241
Index 271
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