An Artist Sees Data So Powerful It Can Help Us Pick Better Friends
It can feel intrusive to have so much data collected about us, but Laurie Frick is optimistic about how big data will evolve. She says it could help us evaluate how we respond to other people.
There has been a lot of scary news about big data — about corporations or government invading your privacy. But imagine if we could use our data to make our lives better.
That is at the center of artist Laurie Frick's work — she wants to help create a future in which self-delusion is impossible. In fact, she thinks this shift is inevitable once people wake up to the transformational power of big data.
Frick is using her work to show people what the future looks like. But unlike most artists, she is also sharing it with people who can bring her ideas into the real world.
"Data is going to turn into something more compelling than what we're seeing now.
