Today I moderated a panel for the Illinois Humanities Council: “Data, Democracy and the Human Story“. Here’s how they describe the event:
Do data and poetry have anything in common?
The phenomenon known as “big data” is revolutionizing the way businesses, governments and citizens collect and use information. Join the Illinois Humanities Council for a conversation with Christian Rudder, OKCupid co-founder and author of the best-selling Dataclysm, as we discuss how this information explosion influences the way we understand our culture.
In the first installment of IHC’s new program series, “Data, Democracy and the Human Story,” Jillana Enteen, author and Senior Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University, will talk with Rudder on his groundbreaking work in data analytics. They will discuss how data might shed new light on some of our society’s most enduring questions. What does it mean to approach “human” topics, like romantic attraction or racial bias, through numbers? What can data science and the humanities learn from each other?
Smart Chicago was also a co-sponsor of the event.
