

The Numerati
Author: Stephen Baker
Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia
Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 09/15/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects
Author: Stephen Baker
Narrator: Paul Michael Garcia
Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 09/15/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects
Stephan Baker has written for many publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Philadelphia Inquirer. He won an Overseas Press Club Award for his portrait of the rising Mexican auto industry. He is the coauthor of Blogspotting.net, featured as one of fifty blogs to watch by the New York Times.
I was expecting a book about the people who are exploiting "big data". I expected to hear about the people who analyze the huge data sets that are proliferating through our society. There is a little bit of that, but mostly I read about the technology itself, and the myriad of ways in which it is be......more
كانت خارجة لتوها من غرفة الاستحمام المشتركة مع طالبات أخريات .. وفجأة صاحت أحداهن " يوجد رجال في هذا الطابق " كانت عارية تماما ولا تحمل الا منشفة صغيرة لا تستر كامل عريها ... بدأت تفكر أي قسم من جسدها يجب أن تستر فلا يمكن للمنشفة أن تستر كامل جسدها ... فكرت ومن ثم قررت .. أن تغطي رأسها ومشت عارية نح......more
well. i thought this would be the next malcolm gladwell, steven levitt masterpiece, but instead it's a book that has a catchy title/cover and even a great premise, but the author (Stephen Baker) fails to deliver much new information about how 'the world is watching our every move.' could've condense......more
This is a book that has not aged well, which is not surprising since the purpose was to be timely, but there are points in these pages that reveal just how shallow Baker's understanding of this topic is. This lack of depth is especially regretted since the particular moment he was writing in was a r......more
الطفرةُ التكنولوجية ولَّدت ابتكاراتٍ على مستوى التقنيات من جهةِ سرعة التواصل وتقريب المسافات مع الآخرين عن طريق اجهزة الحاسوب والهواتف الخليوية "الأجهزة الذكيَّة"، استطاعوا أنْ يجعلوا هذه الأخيرة عالميَّة، سلوكُ الناس أصبحَ على نمطٍ واحد في هذه الأجهزة وهذه إحدى النجاحات التي تُحققُ عنوان "العولمة".......more