Information Management for Government

Big Data's Implications on Healthy Living Communities How does one define a healthy living  community?  A  healthy living communit y accounts for three things: human health, environmental health and economic health. In such communities  everyone has access to basic human services ,   such as  healthy food,  safe housing,  parks, public  transportatio n, good jobs and schools, all within an environment that has clean air, water and soil .  Creating healthy living communities is undoubtedly the holy grail for city planners and  government  officials, as such communities reflect fundamental human rights. However ,  how does one develop a plan to  achieve  such a utopia? The first step is through collecting data to assess where the current health of a community  stands  and  collect other data to see patterns and trends  that can help make that  community   healthier....

Thoughts on The Stupidity of Computers       Can a human be a computer? Can a computer be a human? Less than a century ago, I would have answered yes to both questions, as a “computer” was someone hired to compute or calculate things, such as the NASA scientists depicted in the movie Hidden Figures . Today, however, we consider computers to be electronic devices that store and process data. Though we define computers as non-human things, they are not as far removed from humans as we think. The intelligence of computers hinges on the information or instructions humans have created for them in order to execute various programs. In the article “The Stupidity of Computers,” writer David Auerbach walks the reader through the evolution of computer’s shortcomings and strengths through looking at the history of search engines, online retailers, and social media and dating platforms. Though these programs have never been better at finding answers to our questions, determinin...