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In the present world, Information is everything. Big Data reveals the effects of our ability to process information and predict vital events. Summary of the Book Google searches predicted the outbreak of H1N1. It is possible to tell if a used car is in good shape based on its paint color. The ability to process a vast amount of information enables us to perform what could otherwise be called magic. The book lays out the facts that with the current amount of data, errors cancel each other out, balancing the variation in a bigger sense. Processing this information is vital to understanding many things about the world, and could very well be the defining factor in global economy, politics and welfare. About the Authors Viktor Mayer-Shonberger is the Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute. He is well known for Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age and Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government among several other books. Professor Mayer-Shonberger graduated from the the London School of Economics and received the venia docendi from the University of Graz. Kenneth Cukier is the Data Editor of The Economist. A research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Cukier was also the technology editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong and a commentator on CNBC Asia.