Lying to blockchains and other Web3 dilemmas
Semantic data consultant @EmekaOkoye made a couple of great points on Twitter back in November and early December 2021: “I am amused how some of… Read More »Lying to blockchains and other Web3 dilemmas
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Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison is an independent consultant and freelance writer on data tech and enterprise transformation. He is a contributor to Data Science Central with over 35 years of experience as an analyst, researcher, writer, editor and technology trends forecaster, including 20 years in emerging tech R&D at PwC.
How data decentralization is already benefiting enterprises–and society
Manufacturing Line, Wikimedia Commons, 2014 Fakery certainly isn’t limited to news and social media. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated in 2016… Read More »How data decentralization is already benefiting enterprises–and society
Drone swarms, other weapons lethality trends and their data implications
The State of the Union (SOTU) address is an annual event. On the night of the event, both houses of the US Congress, President and… Read More »Drone swarms, other weapons lethality trends and their data implications
Data intelligibility and the quest for mutually understood meaning
The other day, I came across a Quora question I just had to answer. This is not unusual for me. It wasn’t that the question… Read More »Data intelligibility and the quest for mutually understood meaning
A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part III of III)
Every organization has to prepare for the abandonment of everything it does. Peter Drucker In this series, Ive been describing a data democracy thats… Read More »A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part III of III)
A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part II of III)
publicdomainpictures.net Part I of this series described the data feudalism we currently have, why we have it, and how it might be possible for at… Read More »A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part II of III)
A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part I of III)
One of the unanticipated consequences of digitization has been data feudalism. A major reason data feudalism was such a surprise was that society just didnt… Read More »A window of opportunity for data democracy (Part I of III)
Why we shouldn’t expect a metaverse anytime soon (Part II of II)
An orrey or planetarium designed by George Adams showing relative positions of the planets in relation to the sun, 1799, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006691765. Part I of II… Read More »Why we shouldn’t expect a metaverse anytime soon (Part II of II)
Why we shouldn’t expect a metaverse anytime soon (Part I of II)
Castaneda, Eduardo. Carl Sagan with the planets. 1981. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/cosmos000104/. (Photo taken on the set of the TV show Cosmos.) The Metaverse is a term… Read More »Why we shouldn’t expect a metaverse anytime soon (Part I of II)
How business can clear a path for artificial general intelligence
20 years ago, most CIOs didnt care much about data, but they did care about applications and related process optimization. While apps and processes were… Read More »How business can clear a path for artificial general intelligence