Priscilla Dunk-West, Author at Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more.

Big data reveals your every tiny detail

| July 15, 2017

I arrived at work today only to be told by my mobile phone how long it will take to get home. My phone knows where I shop, live and park and calculates travel times as well as verbalising traffic delays. Its luminous screen bounces to life when I exclaim “are you serious?!”, as it misinterprets

By Priscilla Dunk-West

News & Commentary | June 3, 2017

Recently I travelled to Europe. Before I left, friends and acquaintances noted their concern for my safety ‘over there’. ‘I’m glad it’s you. I’m too scared to travel with things the way they are’, ‘be careful’ and ‘but is it safe?’ were offered as a kind of ‘othering’; risk was conceptualised through a quick and dirty analysis of global

Author: Priscilla Dunk-West

Big data reveals your every tiny detail

Have we reached Peak Risk and how can we deal with it?

Author: Priscilla Dunk-West

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