Matters of Life and Data

Thanks to Edward Snowden and the N.S.A., "Big Data" is a hot---and controversial---topic these days. In Charles D. Morgan''s lively memoir, "Matters of Life and Data", he shows that data gathering itself is neither good nor bad---it''s how it''s used that matters. But Big Data isn''t the whole story here---Morgan is also a champion race car driver, a jet pilot, and an all-around gadget-geek-turned...