IA Book Club - The Secret Life of Data

​Join Dan Brown and friends for a conversation about topics in information architecture, centering on some of our favorite books.

​In this session, we will discuss The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance, by Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert

​About the book

​In The Secret Life of Data, Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert explore the many unpredictable, and often surprising, ways in which data surveillance, AI, and the constant presence of algorithms impact our culture and society in the age of global networks. The authors build on this basic premise: no matter what form data takes, and what purpose we think it's being used for, data will always have a secret life. How this data will be used, by other people in other times and places, has profound implications for every aspect of our lives--from our intimate relationships to our professional lives to our political systems.

​About Curious Squid

​Curious Squid is a design agency based in Washington, DC that focuses on information architecture, product design, discovery and research. Spanning industries and verticals, we concentrate instead on complex structural problems in digital products and web sites. After running EightShapes for 18 years, Dan Brown created Curious Squid to continue consulting with enterprise organizations on information architecture and system-minded design.