Bubble to panopticon: dark undercurrents of the big data torrent
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Bubble to panopticon: dark undercurrents of the big data torrent
2020-04-27
Abstract
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Big data are indispensable in scientific endeavours ranging from nuclear research to climate studies. However, there is a growing misperception that congeries of data can be easily reconstructed into competitive business insights. Such notions have been encouraged by a plethora of mainstream techno-utopian forecasts.