In popular culture




Booksedit

  • Moneyball is a non-fiction book that explores how the Oakland Athletics used statistical analysis to outperform teams with larger budgets. In 2011 a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt was released.
  • 1984 is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. In 1984 the government collects information on citizens and uses the information to maintain an totalitarian rule.

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  • In Captain America: The Winter Soldier H.Y.D.R.A (disguised as S.H.I.E.L.D) develops helicarriers that use data to determine and eliminate threats over the globe.
  • In The Dark Knight, Batman uses a sonar device that can spy on all of Gotham City. The data is gathered from the mobile phones of people within the city.

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