Big Data is neither color-blind nor gender-blind. We can see how it is used in marketing to segment people.

Like all technologies before it, artificial intelligence will reflect the values of its creators. So inclusivity matters - from who designs it to who sits on the company boards and which ethical perspectives are included.

The promoters of big data would like us to believe that behind the lines of code and vast databases lie objective and universal insights into patterns of human behavior, be it consumer spending, criminal or terrorist acts, healthy habits, or employee productivity. But many big-data evangelists avoid taking a hard look at the weaknesses.

There's been the emergence of a philosophy that big data is all you need. We would suggest that, actually, numbers don't speak for themselves.

The Internet's changed everything. There are no record stores to hang out in anymore.

I tell people that the Clipse were the first Internet rap darlings.

I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

I'm interested in sites that help people find information and filter what's available. The Internet is so big that no one can stay on top of everything.