Dan Bouk: 1 book
How Our Days Became Numbered
Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Long before the age of "Big Data" or the rise of today's "self-quantifiers," American capitalism embraced "risk"--and proceeded to number our days. Life insurers led the way, developing numerical practices for measuring individuals and groups, predicting their fates,...
