Data is our century’s version of leaded petrol, CFCs [0], greenhouse gases and long-term nuclear waste containment. Not saying those things are no longer probl

Data is our century’s version of leaded petrol, CFCs [0], greenhouse gases and long-term nuclear waste containment. Not saying those things are no longer problems, but they weren’t seen as ones until they suddenly became ones. Like toxic waste, data always finds a way to escape its container. Data wants to be free - just not in the way we originally hoped. Just like those early fridge manufacturers, we don’t yet know what the long-term effects of releasing so much data into the atmosphere are going to be. The next 50 years are going to be bumpy as we find out. [0] Fun fact: the inventor of leaded petrol also invented CFCs. He probably did more damage to the environment than anyone else ever, living or dead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.