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Some thoughts on Big Data from Strata

October 29, 2012 – 9:02 am By Alistair 1 Comment

A quick video looking at where Big Data, and the Strata conference, are headed.

Big data, big apple, big ethics

October 17, 2012 – 10:53 am By Alistair 2 Comments

New York is awash in Big Data next week, and the Ford Foundation is running a day on the upsides and drawbacks of Big Data too.

The selfish economics of Big Data

September 23, 2012 – 6:03 am By Alistair 13 Comments

Big Data’s ability to make increasingly accurate predictions will change the economics of industries based on amortizing risk across a population.

Three big data conversations

September 23, 2012 – 5:04 am By Alistair 0 Comments

I’m in Prague this week for WebExpo. Being largely detached from the constant interruptions of a North American timezone has given me a chance to think about big data from a somewhat more detached perspective. I’ve got three things I want to spend some time writing about in the coming weeks, and probably touching on at StrataRead more

Followup on Big Data and Civil Rights

August 28, 2012 – 11:29 am By Alistair 1 Comment

Big Data and Civil Rights struck a nerve. Here are some follow-up thoughts.

Big Data is our generation’s civil rights issue, and we don’t know it

July 31, 2012 – 12:40 pm By Alistair 52 Comments

Because it can be used in unintended ways, Big Data is the civil rights issue of our generation. But unlike coarse discrimination such as Redlining, today’s prejudice is surgical, tailored, and as a result hard to regulate.