@article{crawford2013think, author = {Crawford, Kate}, title = {Think Again: Big Data}, year = {2013}, month = {May}, abstract = {“Big data” is the jargon du jour, the tech world’s one-size-fits-all (so long as it’s triple XL) answer to solving the world’s most intractable problems. The term is commonly used to describe the art and science of analyzing massive amounts of information to detect patterns, glean insights, and predict answers to complex questions. It might sound a bit dull, but from stopping terrorists to ending poverty to saving the planet, there’s no problem too big for the evangelists of big data.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/think-big-data/}, journal = {Foreign Policy}, edition = {Foreign Policy}, }