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

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. Data-ism is about this next phase, in which vast, Internet-scale data sets are used for discovery and prediction in virtually every field. Lohr explains how… More »