The Human Face of Big Data

2016 • 55 Minuten

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With the rapid emergence of digital devices, an unstoppable, invisible force is changing human lives in ways from the microscopic to the gargantuan: Big Data, a word that was barely used a few years ago but now governs the day for many of us from the moment we awaken to the extinguishing of the final late-evening light bulb. The Human Face of Big Data explores how the real time visualization of data streaming in from satellites, billions of sensors and GPS enabled cameras and smartphones is beginning to enable us, as individuals and collectively as a society, to sense, measure and understand aspects of our existence in ways never possible before. The premise of the documentary is that all of our devices are creating a planetary nervous system and that the massive gathering and analyzing of data in real time is suddenly allowing us to address to some of humanity's biggest challenges, including pollution, world hunger, and illness. But as Edward Snowden and the release of the NSA documents has shown, the accessibility of all this data comes at a steep price. Each of us is now leaving an indelible digital trail that will remain forever in our wake. At the moment it's primarily governments and corporations who are focusing on Big Data and most 'mere mortals' are not involved in the conversation; decisions and algorithms and laws are being put in place that are going to affect every person on earth in the near future -- but most of us are not paying attention. After nearly two years of research and filming and through interviews with dozens of the scientists and engineers and entrepreneurs pioneering this space, the film captures the promise and peril in the growing revolution around big data, which is likely to have a thousand times more impact on our lives than the Internet.

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Great movie but please find a way to shorten Google's written preview & description of the film. It almost exhaust the viewer before even renting the film, because it shares too much information about character's, history of everyone who was in the filmmaking process even in the in the tiniest way etc... It's simple, just keep it simple basic informative but not overly drawn out just to the point. !!THANKS!!

It was ok, all descriptive and not much that is new. Really thought it would have some insights into what direction it could go.

Well and wow! Im impressed at tue processing of big data records concerning our global economoy, human infastructure,national secerity,global warfare and the health care system as we know it! Acccording to wikkipidia the national avrrage of intergalactict ecolab systems carry enough powerprobiotics to allieviate the realms northern hemispher thats connected to unknown sources of the magnetic beam systems data override, when the network mainframe btouches the steele beam traccks that dialate .