{"product_id":"9781946858122","title":"The Enigma Stolen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 5th story in The Enigma Series, The Enigma Stolen, shows how big data can play a huge factor in understanding the future. The correct data, carefully gathered and managed can use sophisticated algorithms to accurately predict, and then alter if desired, the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs it possible that human behavior appears erratic and unpredictable only because humans are too close to the action? To the cold, impartial circuits of a modern supercomputer, human behavior is simply a complex set of algorithms to be compiled, analyzed, and predicted. How can this be a means to and end for planning what humans can and will do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControl the flow of human behavior, and you control the future. Cut a nervous investor off in traffic, and you initiate a stock market crash. Engineer a love affair, and you destabilize a nation. All you need is unlimited computing power—and the ethical nihilism to manipulate lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe R-Group, a high-level information gathering and security team, believes at least one group—possibly several—are using data analysis to customize the future in their image.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerful and mysterious, these groups are very good at what they do—possibly as good as the R-Group themselves. And even as EZ, Jacob, Quip, and the rest of R-Group battle to identify their foes, a hidden threat lurks within the team itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnless the R-Group can neutralize the threat, humanity’s future will be determined by a select few, feeding an ever-growing stream of information into increasingly sophisticated computer systems. Which begs the question: Who controls whom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Enigma Partnership LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033952633072,"sku":"9781946858122","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946858122_p0.jpg?v=1763800331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946858122","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}