How Genetic Data Became Wall Street’s Newest Asset
TL;DR
* A single deal between GlaxoSmithKline and 23andMe valued consumer genetic data at $300 million, signaling to Wall Street
The Billion-Dollar Comma: Uncovering the High-Stakes Financial World of Professional Language Translation.
$10 million.
That’s the price of a single comma. In 2006, a Canadian telecom company, Rogers Communications, found itself
The Strange New Marketplace for Naming Everything from New Species to Distant Stars
$650,000.
That’s the number. Not the price of a supercar or a down payment on a mansion in
Monetizing Curiosity: The Economics of Citizen Science
TL;DR
* The global economic value of data from citizen science projects is estimated to be as high as $2.
Pricing the Digital Self: The Strange New Economics of Valuing Your Online Identity and Avatars
The Price Tag on Your Digital Ghost
Your personal data has a median market value of $5,000 per year.
The Digital Scarcity Engine
21 million.
That’s the number. Not a target, not an estimate. It's the total number of Bitcoin
Selling The Sky: The Invisible Real Estate Market
$4,000.
That's the number. Not for a square foot of a Park Avenue penthouse. Not for a
The Scheduled Obsolescence of Financial Memory: How Markets Are Designed to Make Us Forget
Five years. That’s the average half-life of financial trauma. It’s the length of time it takes for
The Celebrity Afterlife Economy
One hundred and fifteen million dollars. That’s not the GDP of a small island nation. It’s what Michael
How Shrinkflation Quietly Erodes Your Purchasing Power
10 percent.
That’s how much smaller your 'half-gallon' of ice cream is today compared to a
