The Datification of Our Daily Lives

Although the term is ugly, “datification” is rapidly becoming a big trend in our daily lives. Datification is about taking a process or activity that was previously invisible and turning it into data. That data can then be tracked, monitored, and optimized, leading to new opportunities — and new challenges. It’s similar in some ways to the notion of “dark data” –  data that has been ignored up until now because...