Dataism, Steve Lohr
Dataism, Steve Lohr
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Data-ism
The Revolution Transforming Decision Making, Consumer Behavior, and Almost Everything Else

Author: Steve Lohr

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 6 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/10/2015


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.

About 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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Don

While this was not quite what I expected before I started to read this book, I did like it. The thing is that this is not a book that an average reader will enjoy if they pick it up. It is written and geared towards people that have an interest in math, business applications, technology, and how the......more

Goodreads review by Yogi

Buku ini berisi "what's what" dan "who's who" tentang tren big data beberapa tahun belakangan. Kebanyakan isinya kisah orang-orang di Silicon Valley, perusahaan top macam Facebook dan IBM. Gaya narasinya seperti dokumenter. Kalau punya versi digitalnya, lebih baik gunakan fitur text-to-speech. Itu ya......more

Goodreads review by Elango

I picked this up expecting a dry read on Data and was rewarded with an engaging tour of data in business and a view of the actors shaping this change. Part novel like, part business history, very little technology. Written in an engaging, simple style. Recommended reading will introduce readers to th......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

Basically a survey in Big Data trends, and the companies and personalities pursuing them. This is an easy read and sometimes seems to float all over the place.......more