Dark Data: People to People Recovery

The Internet of Things (IoT) is exploding disruptively. The IoT is making life easier for ordinary consumers and workers, but it is also generating zettabytes of dark data. The real time analytics involving close interaction between humans and instruments on the Internet is the main commercial motivation behind the IoT revolution. This means the data that are consumed instantly and their interpretation that is filed in an indexed and structured form are the main productive outcomes, while dark data and haphazardly stored interpretations add to the tare, bringing down efficiency and increasing costs. Since out of all data stored in the world today, almost all are generated in the recent three years, and the phenomenal growth will soon lead to a crisis, we need to put in place a global framework that never lets dark data clog the information highways but actually harnesses the real time analytics for a better planned future. We propose here a plan to build a “Data Waste Management” or “Data Sewerage” and local “Data Reservoir” system.