Leo Hollis

Leo Hollis is an editor at Verso and the author of Cities Are Good For You: The Genius of the Metropolis, London Rising: The Men Who Made Modern London (published in the U.K. as The Phoenix: St Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London) and The Stones of London: A History in Twelve Buildings. He lives in West Hampstead, U.K.

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Big Data Is Watching

<p>As the NSA scandal shows, data is being collected on every aspect of our lives. This can be used to improve our experience, particularly in cities, or it can be a way to strip us of our privacy. Leo Hollis, the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cities-Are-Good-You-Metropolis/dp/1620402068/" target="_blank"><i>Cities Are Good for You</i></a>, warns us of the good and the bad.</p>

Leo Hollis