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Data Proliferation
Data proliferation is a direct production of digitization and the accompanying hardware and software that is easing its spread. There is fairly little questioning of the value of the data, other than as it relates to privacy. This concern is prominent, but it relates to the use of the data. It does not address the question of whether gathering and using all this data is actually leading to better decision-making – it is assumed to be true.
Summary
In Futures Research
Data Flows and Sovereignty
Chaos or Connection? The Global Media and Information Landscape in 2035 by Global Governence Futures. Who ultimately owns data and how should ownership be transferred?
Digital Scores
Chaos or Connection? The Global Media and Information Landscape in 2035 by Global Governence Futures. The nation state’s retreat in key areas and growing disconnection create opportunities for private companies to fill the void and leverage their control of personal data. Private actors become more powerful.
Data Access
Future Scenarios and Implications for the Industry by World Economic Forum. Data access refers to a user's ability to access or retrieve data stored within a database or other repository. Users who have data access can store, retrieve, move or manipulate stored data, which can be stored on a wide range of hard drives and external devices.
Transparency around Data
Four perspectives establish a vision for Perth in 2050 by ARUP. People need to understand the potential benefits and feel safe in the knowledge that the information gathered is not being used for nefarious purposes. Ensuring the city maintains ownership and/ or access to data even with the privatisation of various city functions is an essential component.
Social-Immersive Learning
The Future of Learning and Training: Environmental Scan by Policy Horizons Canada. As learning moves from an analogue to a digital environment, data analytics offer to transform learning capabilities. How then might individuals effectively learn given these elements?
Data rich profiles of individuals and their learning endeavours make possible innovative learning products and practices, such as adaptable learning, competency-based learning, social learning platforms, or game-based software. At the core of personalized and socially immersive learning is a range of personal and digital content and technological devices and software.
Sensors
2022 Strategic Foresight Report by the European Commission. Sensors assist in measuring and controlling inputs to improve resource efficiency in industry.
Internet of Things
2022 Strategic Foresight Report by the European Commission. By measuring and controlling inputs, and with increased automation, technologies like robotics and the internet of things could improve resource efficiency and strengthen the flexibility of systems and networks.
Big Data
Health and Health Care in 2032 by the Institute for Alternative Futures. A data rich environment may be used in multiple ways - for beneficence or for manipulation/exploitation.
• For beneficence, tools in the background support quality of life; personal and community health which promote equity. tools lead to purposeful social networking and new forms of supportive health media.
• When used for manipulation/exploitation, big data focuses on the output, creating digital communities concerned with defined contributions; focus here is on reaction over prevention.
Data Management
Canada in a Changing Global Energy Landscape by Policy Horizons Canada. Intelligent energy management systems are expected to become more pervasive as increasing numbers of energy consumption and storage devices become connected in the Internet of Things.
Lack of Criminal Justice Responses
The Future of Cybercrime in Light of Technology Developments by RAND. Law enforcement challenges in investigating cybercrime, difficult in prosecution, lack of cross-border cooperation and international responses.
Information and Communication Issues
The 5th Science and Technology Foresight (2016-2040) by [[encyclopedia:korea_institute_of_st_evaluation_and_planning|
Short Term: - IT Crime - Transition of Concept of Household, from Family to Single Person - Emergence of “Big Brother” based on Hyper-connectivity
Short Term and Long Term: - Fast Diffusion of Data and Massive Circulation of Information - Expansion of Virtual Space Connectivity between persons - Reforms in the Education System - Intelligent Communication between Devices
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