Watch the video Big Data Is Better Data. After you finish watching the video, answer the following questions:
Were you surprised by the “pie data”? Is it true for you, your family, and your friends? Why or why not?
The speaker argues that more data allow us to see new things. Think about your favorite hobby—skateboarding, listening to music, or whatever you most enjoy doing. What kinds of insights could big data provide about your hobby? How might these insights make things better for you? Are there any ways that big data could make your hobby worse?
The author mentions several challenges facing the world, including poverty and climate change. How might big data help us solve these problems?
Think of—and explain—one or more ways that society could use big data, other than the ones mentioned in the video.
Think for a moment about the potential problems with big data that the speaker mentioned:
Will we treat people unfairly for crimes they haven’t yet committed?
Will most jobs disappear due to automation?
Can we protect data from people who shouldn’t have it?
Choose one of these topics and research it by reading two articles about it. Here are three sources to use to begin your research:
Tween Tribune
Newsela
Channel One News
If you are having a difficult time finding what you want, try searching for “data privacy,” “data breach,” “automation and jobs,” “crime and technology,” or “robots and jobs.”
Include the following in your answer to the question you choose:
Screenshots of the two articles that you read
The question that you chose to answer
Your answer to the question
Three reasons that explain your answer to the question; use evidence from your research to support your opinion, but remember to use your own words!
