<nettime> Nationalising big data

[Allan Siegel <allan@allansiegel.info>]

Big data for the people: it's time to take it back from our tech overlords

Ben Tarnoff in the Guardian

"A small number of companies have become extraordinarily rich by harvesting our data. But that wealth belongs to the many”

This is not as far-fetched as it sounds; a very basic idea with some immediate rewards.

allan

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