Hacking h(app)iness : why your personal data counts and how tracking it can change the world / John C. Havens.
2014
HM846 .H38 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
Hacking h(app)iness : why your personal data counts and how tracking it can change the world / John C. Havens.
Author
Havens, John C., author.
Variant Title
Hacking happiness
ISBN
9780399165313 hardcover
0399165312 hardcover
0399165312 hardcover
Published
New York : Tarcher, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xxxvi, 268 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
HM846 .H38 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.48/3
Summary
"In Hacking Happiness, futurist and contributing Mashable writer John C. Havens introduces you to your "quantified self"-your digital identity represented by gigabytes of data produced from tracking your activities on your smartphone and computer. Harvested by megacorporations such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, Havens argues that companies gather this data because of its immense economic value, encouraging a culture of "sharing" as they hoard the information based on our lives for private monetary gain. But there's an alternative to this digital dystopia. Emerging technologies will help us reclaim this valuable data for ourselves, so we can directly profit from the insights linked to our quantified selves. At the same time, sensors in smartphones and wearable devices will help us track our emotions to improve our well-being based on the science of positive psychology. Havens proposes that these trends will lead to new economic policies that redefine the meaning of "wealth," allowing governments to create policy focused on purpose rather than productivity. An issues book highlighting the benefits of an examined life in the digital world, this timely work takes the trepidation out of the technological renaissance and illustrates how the fruits of the Information Age can improve our lives for a happier humanity"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Your identity in the connected world
Accountability-based influence
Personal identity management
Mobile sensors
Quantified self
The Internet of things
Artificial intelligence
Big data
Augmented reality
Virtual currency
Shared value
From consumer to creator
The economy of regard
Positive psychology
Flow
Altruism
The value of a happiness economy
Beyond GDP
Getting h(app)y
Hacking h(app)iness.
Accountability-based influence
Personal identity management
Mobile sensors
Quantified self
The Internet of things
Artificial intelligence
Big data
Augmented reality
Virtual currency
Shared value
From consumer to creator
The economy of regard
Positive psychology
Flow
Altruism
The value of a happiness economy
Beyond GDP
Getting h(app)y
Hacking h(app)iness.