{"product_id":"living-in-data-a-citizens-guide-to-a-better-information-future-9781250849151","title":"Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future","description":"\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo live in data in the twenty-first century is to be incessantly extracted from, classified and categorized, statistic-ified, 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 for our time: How do we stop passively inhabiting data, and instead become active citizens of it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThreading a data story through hippo attacks, glaciers, and school gymnasiums, around colossal rice piles, and over active minefields, Jer Thorp reminds us that the future of data is still wide open, that there are ways to transcend facts and figures to engage more viscerally with data, and that there are always new stories to be told about how data can be used. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePunctuated with Thorp's original and informative illustrations, \u003ci\u003eLiving in Data \u003c\/i\u003enot only redefines what data is, but also 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250849151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Jer Thorp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268637593781,"sku":"9781250849151","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e4821a11-31c5-4d4b-b0b6-1fd2659c21a4.jpg?v=1657033524","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/living-in-data-a-citizens-guide-to-a-better-information-future-9781250849151","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}