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Good Data

An Optimist's Guide to Our Digital Future
By Sam Gilbert
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Good Data by Sam Gilbert explores the positive potential of data analytics, positioning it as a force for good in society. It delves into how data can be harnessed to benefit businesses and individuals while advocating for ethically considerate and responsible practices in data usage. The book addresses the importance of balancing innovation with privacy concerns in the rapidly evolving digital world.
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This book may appeal to you if you are interested in understanding the impact of data on society and wish to explore the positive potential of data-driven technologies. It offers insights into how data, used ethically and innovatively, can contribute to the public good while addressing concerns about privacy and surveillance.

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Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing that ever happened to us.

Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing that ever happened to us.

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AN FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH The book that will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about data, privacy and the future of Big Tech. 'We are currently living in a moment of extreme pessimism about data. This book will change your mind.'

Almost everything we do generates data.

Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again.

Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing that ever happened to us.

Good Data examines the incredible new ways this information explosion is already helping us—whether that's combating inequality, creating jobs, advancing the frontiers of knowledge or protecting us from coronavirus—and explains why the best is yet to come.

Data touches everything, from our biggest hates (online advertising) to our greatest loves (our pets), and in this fascinating new book, Gilbert explores how, if we can embrace the revolution (even the ads), we could all live vastly improved lives.

We are standing on the edge of greatness, we just need to know how to get there.

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Good Data by Sam Gilbert has been praised for its refreshing and positive approach to the digital world. Reviewers commend it for offering insightful perspectives on data use, balancing concerns about privacy with opportunities for beneficial applications. The book is described as essential and thought-provoking, challenging prevailing narratives around data and big tech.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781787396364

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 April 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 520g

Pages: 320

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Computing & Technology Education & Reference Non-Fiction Sam Gilbert

About the Author

Sam Gilbert is an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. An expert in data-driven marketing, he was employee number one and chief marketing officer at Bought By Many, an award-winning fintech start-up named as one of Wired's hottest start-ups in Europe and ranked 13th in the Sunday Times TechTrack100 list of the UK's fastest-growing companies in 2018. Previously, he was head of strategy and development at the data company Experian and head of consumer finance at Santander. Sam also advises early-stage tech businesses on growth strategy and digital marketing. He lives in London and Copenhagen. Good Data is his first book.

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