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How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual
Dan Bouk
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| #817456 in eBooks | 2015-05-18 | 2015-05-18 | File type: PDF||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Sweeping history, not just of one industry, but of a nation and of our conception of ourselves|By Graham H. Seibert|At its core, this book is a history of the life insurance industry. It is the two or three layers of meaning surrounding this core that make the book so incredibly rich. It is a history of changes in society, and changes in the mindset of those of us who participa||
"Life insurers pondered the lives of ordinary people more than any other institution during the period of America's industrialisation. In this history, Bouk sees the emergence of 'numbered' lives, foreshadowing big data. . . . This fascinating history sho
Long before the age of "Big Data" or the rise of today's "self-quantifiers," American capitalism embraced "risk"--and proceeded to number our days. Life insurers led the way, developing numerical practices for measuring individuals and groups, predicting their fates, and intervening in their futures. Emanating from the gilded boardrooms of Lower Manhattan and making their way into drawing rooms and tenement apartments across the nation, these practices soon came to ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual | Dan Bouk. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
