The Triumph of Profiling
Bernard, Andreas / Pakis, Valentine A![The Triumph of Profiling](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/292/29276498/CHSBZCOP0329276498.jpg)
Until fairly recently, only serial killers and lunatics had profiles. Yet today, most of us will have a profile as users of social media, and even by using the tracking capabilities on our smartphone. But where does the idea of "profiling" an individual come from, how has it changed over time and what are its implications?
In this book, Andreas Bernard shows how contemporary profiling and quantification have their roots in methods developed in...