Dan D Anderson: 2 books

At a time when survival and security defenses are on high alert, children are encouraged to use their words to express where 'it hurts'. But the realities of a closed system teach children (as well as families, teachers, health care providers, politicians...) to say nothing. The result: a microcosm of kids suffering from learned helplessness.

Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics. Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find patterns in stock trades, track consumer preferences, identify linguistic correlations...