CHAPTER 1

The Ever-Changing Data Ecosystem

We humans constantly learn and evolve over generations to build our modern society. However, at times, there are more sudden changes in the state of affairs thereby breaking the regular patterns creating revolutions. In simple terms, when we exchange one way of doing things for something altogether different, we hope a better society at scale. Industrial revolutions in the past have emerged in a quest to get to a better next progressive stage. Industrial Revolution 1.0, for example, involved coal-powered production. Industrial Revolution 2.0 entailed gas and electricity (mass production), and Industry 3.0 was electronics (automation). The boom of Internet and technology advancements led to the current ...

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