Earth’s Nervous System: Looking At Humanity Through Big Data
From Fast Company
November 28, 2012 - 8:00am
In his latest book, The Human Face of Big Data, photographer and co-author (with Jennifer Erwitt) Rick Smolan looks at what vast amounts of real time data says about us, how it makes our lives better, and scarier. • Every two days, mankind creates as much information as it did from the dawn of civilization until 2003. • The amount of information that an average person is exposed to in a day is the same as a person from the 15th century was exposed to in his lifetime.Read Full Story
November 28, 2012 - 8:00am
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