“The amount of stored information grows four times faster than the world economy, while the processing power of computers grows nine times faster. Little wonder that people complain of information overload. Everyone is whiplashed by the changes.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“The amount of stored information grows four times faster than the world economy, while the processing power of computers grows nine times faster. Little… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“So in 2013 the amount of stored information in the world is estimated to be around 1,200 exabytes, of which less than 2 percent is non-digital.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“The very idea of penalizing based on propensities is nauseating. To accuse a person of some possible future behavior is to negate the very foundation of justice: that one must have done something before we can hold him accountable for it. After all, thinking bad things is not illegal, doing them is. It is a fundamental tenet of our society… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share
“Sometimes the constraints that we live with, and presume are the same for everything, are really only functions of the scale in which we… — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“the “data scientist,” which combines the skills of the statistician, software programmer, infographics designer, and storyteller.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“Predictions based on correlations lie at the heart of big data.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
“Today a third of all of Amazon’s sales are said to result from its recommendation and personalization systems.” — Viktor Mayer-Schönberger Copy Share Image
