Authors: Chris Wiggins & Matthew L. Jones
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.
From facial recognition to automated decision systems that inform everything from who gets loans to who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms.
“How Data Happened” illuminates the ways in which data has long been used as a tool and a weapon in arguing for what is true, as well as a means of rearranging or defending power.
By understanding the trajectory of data, the book argues that we can understand how to bend it to ends that we collectively choose, with intentionality and purpose.
