Viktor Mayer-Schonberger

Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

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  • Viktoria Todorovahas quoted2 years ago
    big data is about predictions
  • Viktoria Todorovahas quoted2 years ago
    data became a raw material of business, a vital economic input, used to create a new form of economic value
  • Viktoria Todorovahas quoted2 years ago
    “big data”—the ability of society to harness information in novel ways to produce useful insights or goods and services of significant value.
  • May Trinandahas quoted4 years ago
    big data: by changing the amount, we change the essence.
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    Just as the printing press led to changes in the way society governs itself, so too does big data
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    “In God we trust—all others bring data,” is the mantra of the modern
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    Given enough data, perfect anonymization is impossible no matter how hard one tries.
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    In the AOL case, users’ identities were exposed by the content of their searches. In the Netflix case, the identity was revealed by a comparison of the data with other sources. In both instances, the companies failed to appreciate how big data aids de-anonymization. There are two reasons: we capture more data and we combine more data.
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    Evidence that data itself, rather than skills or mindset, will come to be most valued can be found in numerous acquisitions in the big-data business. For example, in 2006 Microsoft rewarded Etzioni’s big-data mindset by buying Farecast for around $110 million. But two years later Google paid $700 million to acquire Farecast’s data supplier, ITA Software.
  • Сабыр Жакиповhas quoted7 years ago
    What finally helped make Arabic numerals a success was the evolution of another tool of datafication: double-entry bookkeeping.
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