{"product_id":"9780374189907","title":"Living in Data : A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jer Thorp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJer Thorp’s analysis of the word “data” in 10,325 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with “data,” we find not only its classic companions “information” and “digital,” but also a variety of new neighbors—from “scandal” and “misinformation” to “ethics,” “friends,” and “play.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statisti-fied, sold, and surveilled. Data—our data—is mined and processed for profit, power, and political gain. In \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/i\u003e, Thorp asks a crucial question of our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThreading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures and to find more visceral ways to engage with data, that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePunctuated with Thorp's original and informative illustrations, \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data \u003c\/i\u003enot only redefines what data is, but reimagines who gets to speak its language and how to use its power to create a more just and democratic future. Timely and inspiring, \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a much-needed path forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If Annie Dillard wrote about data, it might sound something like this. In turns insightful, hilarious, techy and humane, Living  in Data is an essential book for anyone who’s wondering how exactly we  got into this data mess, and thinking about how we might dig ourselves  out.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elbow-deep in data day in and day out, Jer Thorp has learned to feel  every vibration. He would like the rest of us to do the same, instead of  accepting them at face value––or worse, using them as shields from  reality. \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data\u003c\/i\u003e offers no easy fix. Rather, it shows that the  potential for change lies within us: in our human, fallible, hopeful  minds.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Paola Antonelli, senior curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We hear every day how data is affecting our world. But \u003ci\u003eLiving in  Data\u003c\/i\u003e is the first time we can really feel it. In this book, Jer Thorp  has the technical expertise of a coder but the soul of a storyteller,  and the result is a highly accessible, even stirring, view into the  often-invisible systems that shape our lives.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAnil Dash, CEO of Glitch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374189907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"MCD","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40814256292046,"sku":"9780374189907","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_90e41720-a1b3-40da-a4fd-13a0fbb4a7d6.jpg?v=1642750478","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374189907","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}