[139] Data is the New Oil
Paint & ink on cardboard · January 23, 2019 · 40.64 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in)
Sold
How do you know when a pithy phrase or seductive idea has become fashionable in policy circles?
When The Economist devotes a briefing to it.
In a briefing and accompanying editorial earlier this summer, The Economist argued that data is today what oil was a century ago.
As The Economist put it, "A new commodity spawns a lucrative, fast-growing industry, prompting anti-trust regulators to step in to restrain those who control its flow."