Page 119. Talk About the Topic. Part A. FOLLOW THE DISCUSSION

Unit 12

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talk about the topic

part a: follow the discussion

so, big data; it’s a big topic, there is a lot to think about. but one thing really stood out to me and that was the amount of big data we use every day.

we use big data all the time; were you guys surprised by anything?

Well, I was.

Yeah, what surprised you?

the variety; all those examples; the weather, the new stories, airplane flights, maps… I never knew it was all big data.

Yeah, and what surprised me was how the lecture really focused on all the positive helpful ways the big data helps us day to day.

Yeah me too, that was interesting.

what you mean?

Who me?

Ben; what you mean helpful ways?

so like I knew all the dangers of big data, like privacy issues; but I never really thought about the positives.

that’s a good point; it can be positive or negative.

Hugh, what about you? what impressed you?

the thing that impressed me was like you said, the amount of data and how fast it grows; it increases more and more each year and so I wonder when will we have enough data or when we ever have enough.

Right; I mean the amount of data just growing all the time? That just blows my mind.

and it’s kind of creepy, like probably right now, this online study session, someone’s collecting data on it.

so were all becoming a part of big data.