Good Data: An Optimists Guide To Our Digital Future: Interview with Sam Gilbert

On Episode #61 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Sam Gilbert. Sam is an affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. He is also an expert in data-driven marketing being part of the fintech startup Bought By Many as the chief marketing officer. Today we will be discussing his most recent book, “Good Data: An Optimist’s Guide To Our Digital Future”. We discussed: 📚 What makes good data 📚 The relationship between data and our privacy 📚 The future of our data Timestamps [0:00] - Intro [2:57] - Sam’s journey going back to school to study Politics [8:14] - Overcoming the polarised nature of politics [9:17] - How politics, economics, history and philosophy are intertwined [12:08] - Sam’s transition from studying to writing the book [15:27] - The impact of COVID on data research [19:35] - The case for data openness  [25:07] - The multiple uses of data & targeted ads [31:02] - Cambridge Analytics & the ethics of targets ads [35:14] - Web 3.0 and changes to our data [37:43] - The importance of having centralised authorities [43:06] - AI/Machine Learning in service of human progress [49:01] - Facebook changing their name to Meta [51:29] - Outro Visit Sam’s Website - https://gooddataguide.com/ Buy Sam’s Book - https://amzn.to/3Bj5hds -------------- Visit our website - https://www.booktalktoday.com Edited by Utkarsh Malhotra -   / utkarshmalhotra_ji   Contribute to our magazine - https://www.booktalktoday.com/become-... Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Listen on Google Podcasts - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Listen on Spotify Podcasts -https://open.spotify.com/show/1C1AFpK... Follow us on Instagram -   / booktalktoday