Building the New Economy
Data as Capital
$85.59
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2022
Summary
Data is now central to the economy, government, and health systems. So why are data and the AI systems that interpret the data in the hands of so few people? Building the New Economy calls for us to reinvent the ways that data and artificial intelligence are used in civic and government systems. Arguing that we need to think about data as a new type of capital, the authors show that the use of data trusts and distributed ledgers can empower people and communities with user-centric da…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543156 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026254315X |
| Author: | Alex Pentland, Alexander Lipton |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
Alex Pentland
Alex “Sandy” Pentland directs the MIT-wide initiative MITConnection Science. Called one of the “seven most powerful data scientists in the world” by Forbes, he has cofounded more than a dozen companies and is the author of Honest Signals (MIT Press) and Social Physics.
Alexander Lipton is Professor and Dean’s Fellow at the Jerusalem Business School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cofounder and Chief Information Officer at Sila, and Connection Fellow at MIT.
Thomas Hardjono is Technology Director of the MIT Connection Science and the MIT Trust–Data Consortium.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.