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Big data and the auton­o­my of think­ing – how Big Data is prof­it­ing from our distraction

2022-10-25
20 min read
in Big Data, Data Economy, Digitalization, Duet Interviews, Ethics/Morals
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger 

Is there such a thing as men­tal cap­i­tal­ism where the dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion of infor­ma­tion and enter­tain­ment tends to make them worth­less? Is mind­ful con­scious­ness the new sought-after resource, and is there an area where this focused atten­tion can become a cur­ren­cy that can be active­ly cul­ti­vat­ed? If so, what chal­lenges do we face and how can digi­ti­sa­tion increase our intel­lec­tu­al autonomy?

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and Prof. Dr Thomas Met­zinger, the well-known philoso­pher and aca­d­e­m­ic, dis­cuss whether dig­i­tal sov­er­eign­ty and men­tal auton­o­my are related.

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Who Is Call­ing the Shots: Social Media Plat­forms or Media Companies?

2022-09-27
10 min read
in Big Data, Data Journalism, Digital Future, Duet Interviews
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Dr Rieke C. Harmsen

Just how free and inde­pen­dent are the media? Are the social net­work plat­forms the ones who are call­ing the shots? Is there still a way for media com­pa­nies to hold their ground by means of their news­pa­pers, mag­a­zines, and online offers?

in her Duet inter­view with Dr Rieke C. Harm­sen, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, dis­cuss­es the cur­rent influ­ence of digi­ti­sa­tion on jour­nal­ism and media.

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Chi­na has giv­en the start­ing sig­nal! The race for data econ­o­my is on!

2022-08-30
10 min read
in Big Data, China, Data Economy, Data Trade, Digital Future
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Prof. Dr Den­nis Kip­ker – Pho­to: Jas­min Lindenthal

From a Chi­nese per­spec­tive, data is a pro­duc­tion fac­tor on par with land, labour and cap­i­tal. Shang­hai’s first data exchange is one of the ear­li­est exam­ples of this new pro­duc­tion fac­tor being imple­ment­ed. It aims at mak­ing the col­lec­tion and sale of data trans­par­ent and at enabling com­pa­nies which col­lect data to max­i­mize the val­ue and pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of their busi­ness. The goal is to put data in the hands of entre­pre­neurs who can use it most effi­cient­ly – just as West­ern stock and bond mar­kets allo­cate sav­ings to the com­pa­nies that can gen­er­ate the high­est risk-adjust­ed returns. Since arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence (AI) is the engine of the fourth indus­tri­al rev­o­lu­tion, data is its fuel. Will there soon be a data exchange in Europe so that the EU can keep up in the ​​field of AI?

In the lat­est of her Duet inter­views, Dr Cal­daro­la, author of Big Data and Law, and IT-Expert Prof. Dr Den­nis-Ken­ji Kip­ker talk about the new data com­merce in Shanghai’s data exchange.

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Dr Maria Cristina Caldarola

Dr Maria Cristina Caldarola, LL.M., MBA is the host of “Duet Interviews”, co-founder and CEO of CU³IC UG, a consultancy specialising in systematic approaches to innovation, such as algorithmic IP data analysis and cross-industry search for innovation solutions.

Cristina is a well-regarded legal expert in licensing, patents, trademarks, domains, software, data protection, cloud, big data, digital eco-systems and industry 4.0.

A TRIUM MBA, Cristina is also a frequent keynote speaker, a lecturer at St. Gallen, and the co-author of the recently published Big Data and Law now available in English, German and Mandarin editions.

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