Big Data and its enclosure of the commons
Digital dystopias are overdone but inequality is rising. The answer lies in treating data as a commons and Big Data as a collective-action problem.
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Ekkehard Ernst
Ekkehard Ernst leads global research on the Future of Work and other far-reaching challenges at the International Labour Organization. Together with his team, he develops scenarios on how artificial intelligence, an ageing society, climate change and populism will affect jobs and inequality.