
She is saying us, the people watching the video, that it has become something of a cliché to say that data is the new oil. That isn’t the full story because for centuries the word has proved itself to be infinitely re-usable. It has enabled the creation and reinforcement of collective memory. It has been documented in innumerable formats, from maps to databases, taxonomies, and infographics. Watching the vide we make sense of the world through the technology we use to process and visualise data because this lecture is an exploration of our enduring love for it.
The video chapters are the following:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:43 What is Data?
- 03:21 Early use of Data
- 04:13 Data and knowledge
- 13:11 Maps and Data
- 15:28 Data gaps and errors
- 22:31 Census and control
- 30:47 Data and power
- 31:54 Data and legacy
- 35:16 Personal Data and modern tech
- 39:43 Data and society
- 42:34 Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- 47:49 Data, memory, and humanity
- 49:31 Conclusion