Christian Rudder

There are a lot of people talking about data, and you don't need another person to simply tell you about all the amazing stuff out there. What Christian Rudder has to offer—and what few others have—is the data itself, alongside a terrific social, cultural, and business sense of what it all means. In this powerful talk, Rudder digs through terabytes of the actual information people are creating on social media and other new technology platforms to reveal the surprising things that people and companies can learn from it—all the moving, quirky, strange, unexpected, and otherwise revealing things people do to and for each other. A smart, personable, and funny speaker, Rudder presents noteworthy and customized findings, but also gives you large-scale data analysis in its proper social, corporate, and historical context. We're at the cusp of a new age of human understanding; you'll leave his talk believing he's right.