In a world full of systems generating endless amounts of data, only a small fraction of this information is available to consumers in a format that's easily reusable. This talk is a thought experiment: what would be possible if all data were public, period? What would governments and businesses look like? What would it mean for privacy?
What types of information do we just take for granted as inaccessible, and what are the possibilities if it were open? We'll walk through a couple major news stories and examine how they could have been solved (if not avoided entirely) by full freedom of information. We'll also look at a few hypothetical situations, where entirely open data could make way for new possibilities in productivity, healthcare, transportation, and more.