Big Data - technology about to capture the world?

'Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?'

TS Eliot's famous stanza in 'Choruses from the Rock', written in the 1930s, has an eerie connection to the 21 ^st century's digital era. All that is missing is an added line - ' where is the information we have lost in data?'

Social media, the cloud, big data - today's three big technologies have become the dominant discourse for society, organisations and, increasingly, the law. Technology is changing at a break-net speed, a classic example of disruptive innovation, creating increasing levels of pressure and uncertainty ... READ MORE

John Horsley FCIS - Released by NZLawyer - 3 May 2013