Before class:

Watch:
TED: Big Data is Better Data

Read:
Chapter 1 of Mayer-Schonberger and Cukier (Partly available from Google Books)

Before next class:

Watch:
Tales of Big Data from the course Calling Bullshit

Notes from class

Notes

Equifax data breach

Maps of music popularity

Big Data Infographic

Compare occupations of men and women