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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100399173196

ISBN-139780399173196

eBay Product ID (ePID)201657502

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Book TitleHacking Happiness : Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking It Can Change the World

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPersonal Growth / Happiness, Social Aspects, General, Databases / Data Mining, Personal Growth / Success, Self-Management / General

Publication Year2015

GenreComputers, Technology & Engineering, Self-Help

AuthorJohn Havens

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

SynopsisAn issues book highlighting the benefits of an examined life in the digital world, this timely work illustrates how controlling and utilizing insights from our personal data can result in a happier humanity. In Hacking H(app)iness , futurist and contributingMashablewriter 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. Harvens argues that megacorporations such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon gather this data because of its immense economic value, encouraging a culture of 'sharing' while simultaneously hoarding information based on our lives, for private monetary gain. While Edward Snowden's revelations exposed the depths of government surveillance on our private affairs, Hacking H(app)iness points out the dangers of losing our digital identities to the highest bidder. 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, using 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 illustrates how controlling and utilizing insights from our personal data can result in a happier humanity., The answer to The Dumbest Generation--Hacking H(app)iness shows us how to utilize our technology to improve the human experience and drive social change. Hacking H(app)iness was featured at TEDx and in USA Today , Fast Company , BBC News , Mashable .com, The Guardian , The Huffington Post , Forbes , Inc. , PRWeek , and Advertising Age. In Hacking H(app)iness , futurist and contributing Mashable.com 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 mega-corporations such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon, this data is gathered, Havens argues, because of its immense economic value, by companies that encourage a culture of "sharing" as they hoard the information for monetary gain. But there's an alternative to this digital dystopia. Emerging technologies will help us reclaim this valuable data for ourselves. At the same time, sensors in smartphones and wearable devices will help us track our emotions and thereby improve our well-being. 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.

LC Classification NumberHM846.H38 2015