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Radio 4 Extra,22 Oct 2015,15 mins

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Peter explores the world of data. He takes futurist Genevieve Bell to meet the monks who compiled the medieval Domesday Book in 1086. Next they forward to the day after tomorrow and a world shaped by Big Data. But what connects the historical database of the past with the decision shaping data of the future? Series in which Peter Snow and guests board a time-travelling DeLorean to go back and forward in time. Producer: David Stenhouse First broadcast on BBC Radio in October 2015.

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