{"id":50139,"date":"2016-08-04T02:09:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T06:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudtweaks.com\/?p=50139"},"modified":"2023-10-21T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T10:06:37","slug":"age-data-era-homo-digitus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudtweaks.com\/2016\/08\/age-data-era-homo-digitus\/","title":{"rendered":"THE AGE OF DATA: THE ERA OF HOMO DIGITUS"},"content":{"rendered":"
In our digital era data deluge \u2013 soaring amounts of data, is an overriding feature. That\u2019s why it\u2019s fitting to focus on the concept of Homo Digitus, which I first learned about about in\u201cThe creative destruction of medicine: How the digital revolution will create better health care,<\/em>\u201d by Eric Topol<\/a>, and more recently highlighted as a Gigaom conference theme. \u00a0In Topol\u2019s vision there is a new human species,\u00a0Homo digitus<\/em> that benefits from the data deluge brought about by the convergence of the digital and physical world. \u00a0They track sleep quality with brain-wave headbands, monitor vital signs with wrist transceivers and use cell phones for self-diagnosis amongst other things, realizing the opportunity for a much more evolved life.<\/p>\n Each evolution of the human species delivers on the promise of a smarter human far more capable than the species that preceded it. \u00a0In earlier species humankind looked for new ways to improve hunting and gathering of food and in some parts of the world, such was their mastery that they even created an oversupply of certain foods. Homo Digitus sees data as the new food and you\u2019d be challenged to find any facet of life that has not been revolutionized by data deluge \u2013 there are a great many varying estimates, on how much data is created every year but everywhere you look volumes of data are soaring.<\/p>\n Mostly, it\u2019s been for the better good of humankind.\u00a0 With new data points we\u2019ve experienced great transformation in the quality of services, business process and everyday living. \u00a0We\u2019ve come to have a great reliance on the benefits that data deluge brings.\u00a0 If you consider how often an individual might use map services to estimate a commute, or an app to compare shopping prices, and then for business the productivity and economic gains from using data points to estimate customer preferences, improve customer service and speed business delivery times.<\/p>\nData is the New Food<\/h2>\n
Data Exploitation<\/h2>\n