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Building a Better Economy

 

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May 1, 2020

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  • #data
  • #government
  • #social science
  • #community
  • #technology
  • #data science
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  • Alex 'Sandy' Pentland
    Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Toshiba Professor
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Since the 1980s, IT systems and cost-cutting led to the collapse of community social structures and the centralization of banking, hospitals, and more. Distributed data technologies have changed the equation, making local management of data and resources as efficient as central management. Local institutions are now being rebuilt so that local communities can begin to thrive.

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