- I found this article to be quite interesting because it is hard to define the limits of the Internet and it's pros and cons for keeping it public or controlled. The term data is presented in both this article and the following one because of the wide range of information being presented that has a great importance and impact on today's society. He also mentions that present day art in our generation is generally all digital and reflects this idea of avant-garde, socialist works. Thus, artists continue questioning as well the idea of having digital media public or controlled. Do we really want a society like the Panopticon suggested by Jeremy Bentham in 1785?
- After reading this article, I was surprised and amazed at finding out not only was data does but how it affects us in our every day lives. Shopping, relationships, business deliveries, maps, education, politics, society, war, advertising, are a few of the categories chosen to discuss in details the data implied in each and its function(s). I do agree with the article when they mention that most data is useless or unconnected. The one that shocked me the most was online dating websites where the data calculates the most absurd information for "data-based date advice". I don't really see how data calculating the perfect profile picture or how most users make themselves appear taller and/or richer, has changed how we live. We are almost being reduced to numbers if we actually count how many pin-card numbers we have, how many passwords hold all our information.
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