| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
The power of information -- Data alchemy -- Schumpeter's nightmare -- Data capitalism -- Might and machines -- Access rules -- Open data reloaded -- The end of data colonialism |
| Summary |
"Information is power, and the time is now for digital liberation. Access Rules mounts a strong and hopeful argument for how informational tools at present in the hands of a few could instead become empowering machines for everyone. By forcing data-hoarding companies to open access to their data, we can reinvigorate both our economy and our society. Authors Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge contend that if we disrupt monopoly power and create a level playing field, digital innovations can emerge to benefit us all. Over the last twenty years, Big Tech has managed to centralize the most relevant data on their servers, and data has become the most important raw material for innovation. Dominant oligopolists like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, contrary to their reputation as digital pioneers, are in fact slowing down innovation and progress for the benefit of their shareholders--and at the expense of customers, the economy, and society. As Access Rules compellingly argues, ultimately it is up to us to force information giants, wherever they are located, to share their treasure troves of data with others. In order for us to limit global warming, contain a virus like COVID-19, or successfully fight poverty, everyone must have access to data--citizens and scientists, start-ups and established companies, as well as the public sector and NGOs. When everyone has access to the informational riches of the data age, the nature of digital power will change. Information technology will find its way back to its original purpose: empowering all of us to use information so we can thrive as individuals and as societies"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2022) |
| Subject |
Big data -- Access control -- United States
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Big data -- Social aspects -- United States
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Information technology -- Social aspects -- United States
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- United States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
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Big data -- Social aspects
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ramge, Thomas, 1971- author.
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| LC no. |
2021038724 |
| ISBN |
9780520387744 |
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0520387740 |
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