Living in data : a citizen's guide to a better information future / Jer Thorp.

By:

Thorp, Jer

Language: eng Publication details: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022.Edition: First paperback editionDescription: xi, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmISBN:

9781250849151
1250849152

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LOC classification:

QA 76.9 T517l 2022

Contents:

Living in data -- I data you, you data me (we all data together) -- Data's dark matter -- By canoe and caravan -- Drunk on Zima -- Number of grown sheep that were sheared -- Do/until -- A lossy kind of alchemy -- The rice show -- Paradox walnuts -- St. Silicon's Hospital and the map room -- Te Mana Raraunga -- An internet of what -- Here in dataland.

Summary: "To live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statistic-ified, sold, and surveilled. Data—our data—is mined and processed for profit, power, and political gain. In Living in Data, Thorp asks a crucial question for our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it? Threading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, Jer Thorp reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures to engage more viscerally with data, and that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used. Punctuated with Thorp’s original and informative illustrations, Living in Data not only redefines what data is, but also reimagines who gets to speak its language and how to use its power to create a more just and democratic future. Timely and inspiring, Living in Data gives us a much-needed path forward."--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	QA 76.9 T517l 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000174497

Living in data --
I data you, you data me (we all data together) --
Data's dark matter --
By canoe and caravan --
Drunk on Zima --
Number of grown sheep that were sheared --
Do/until --
A lossy kind of alchemy --
The rice show --
Paradox walnuts --
St. Silicon's Hospital and the map room --
Te Mana Raraunga --
An internet of what --
Here in dataland.

"To live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statistic-ified, sold, and surveilled. Data—our data—is mined and processed for profit, power, and political gain. In Living in Data, Thorp asks a crucial question for our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it? Threading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, Jer Thorp reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures to engage more viscerally with data, and that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used. Punctuated with Thorp’s original and informative illustrations, Living in Data not only redefines what data is, but also reimagines who gets to speak its language and how to use its power to create a more just and democratic future. Timely and inspiring, Living in Data gives us a much-needed path forward."--Publisher's description.

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