OpinionAugust 2, 2023
Social Media Is Rewriting the Banking Playbook
Our financial systems need to be overhauled to avoid the kind of social-media-fueled bank run that killed Silicon Valley Bank
Stories by Alex Pentland
Alex Pentland is Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an adviser to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, a board member of the United Nations Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, a former adviser to the American Bar Association and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
The SciencesOctober 1, 2013
How Big Data Can Transform Society for the Better
The digital traces we leave behind each day reveal more about us than we know. This could become a privacy nightmare—or it could be the foundation of a healthier, more prosperous world