Succinct introduction to big data, its trends, applications, implications, shortcomings, and future. Enlightening anecdotes. No brain numbing gobbledegook! ( )

finally got back to this; might be a little dated, but still worth the read. ( )

Great overview on the "big-data" heuristic approach, with many case study and a clear analysis of all its practical, philosophical end ethical implications. ( )

This book has been sitting in my Kindle queue since publishing in 2013. Still holds up--but not a lot beyond talking at the high-level what can and has been done with big data. I didn't learn anything new. ( )

The book gave me a new appreciation as to how we can go about making decisions in the future. It also helped me understand a bit more about the debate whirling around the NSA and its desire to get all the information that it can. On the other hand, it reminded me that making decisions based solely on data can be dangerous, as in the case of Robert McNamara and the Vietnam War. ( )