Data-ism: The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else
Written by Steve Lohr
Narrated by Walter Dixon
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About this audiobook
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.
Steve Lohr
Steve Lohr has covered technology, business, and economics for the New York Times for more than twenty years and writes for the Times' Bits blog. In 2013 he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He was a foreign correspondent for a decade and served as an editor, and has written for national publications such as the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, and the Washington Monthly. He is the author of Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts—the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution. He lives in New York City.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A little monotonous.
1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Faux Scientific Text, with too many personal details about people. Details that have hardly anything to do with the context...
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good read for sure especially for the prodata geeks et all
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Really good book that shows the future importance of understanding data and how to use it to your advantage.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Very informative to quickly learn and understand About big data.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bom livro. Apresenta as possibilidades da coleta e análise de grandes quantidades de dados, seus impactos atuais, pesquisas, experimentos e prováveis impactos futuros.
Bom exercício de futurologia e um alerta de adequação para empreendedores, gestores e profissionais em formação.