Data-ism

  • Author: Steve Lohr
  • Narrator: Walter Dixon
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 6:34:28
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Synopsis

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.

Chapters

  • Data-ism_01_Open

    Duration: 16s
  • Data-ism_02_Chapter1

    Duration: 20min
  • Data-ism_03_Chapter2

    Duration: 38min
  • Data-ism_04_Chapter3

    Duration: 47min
  • Data-ism_05_Chapter4

    Duration: 40min
  • Data-ism_06_Chapter5

    Duration: 37min
  • Data-ism_07_Chapter6

    Duration: 35min
  • Data-ism_08_Chapter7

    Duration: 37min
  • Data-ism_09_Chapter8

    Duration: 36min
  • Data-ism_10_Chapter9

    Duration: 35min
  • Data-ism_11_Chapter10

    Duration: 45min
  • Data-ism_12_Chapter11

    Duration: 16min
  • Data-ism_13_Credits

    Duration: 33s
  • sample-147

    Duration: 01min