IB Digital Society Topic 3.1A Data Vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom Revision Notes (SL/HL)

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3.1A Data vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom

The DIKW Pyramid

The DIKW pyramid has four levels: data at the base, then information, then knowledge, then wisdom at the top. Each is built from the level below.
Credited to systems thinker Russell Ackoff (1989). Data with context becomes information, information with understanding becomes knowledge, knowledge with judgement becomes wisdom.
Value comes from processing and interpretation. Piling up more raw data does not help on its own. Stored data stays inert until someone processes and interprets it into understanding.
Digital systems handle the bottom two levels well but struggle with the top two; knowledge and wisdom still lean on people.
Higher on the pyramid means less quantity: each step keeps less but makes what remains more meaningful, which is why the pyramid narrows.

Analogy

Analogy

Cooking a meal: raw ingredients are data, a recipe with amounts is information, cooking well is knowledge.
Deciding what meal is right for these guests tonight is wisdom.

Data: Raw Facts Without Meaning

Data is raw facts, symbols, or signals with no meaning on their own. A 37, a word like blue, or a single yes is just data until something gives it purpose.
Two broad kinds: quantitative (numerical, for calculation) and qualitative (descriptive: colours, opinions, categories).

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3.1A Data vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom

The DIKW Pyramid

The DIKW pyramid has four levels: data at the base, then information, then knowledge, then wisdom at the top. Each is built from the level below.
Credited to systems thinker Russell Ackoff (1989). Data with context becomes information, information with understanding becomes knowledge, knowledge with judgement becomes wisdom.
Value comes from processing and interpretation. Piling up more raw data does not help on its own. Stored data stays inert until someone processes and interprets it into understanding.
Digital systems handle the bottom two levels well but struggle with the top two; knowledge and wisdom still lean on people.
Higher on the pyramid means less quantity: each step keeps less but makes what remains more meaningful, which is why the pyramid narrows.

Analogy

Analogy

Cooking a meal: raw ingredients are data, a recipe with amounts is information, cooking well is knowledge.
Deciding what meal is right for these guests tonight is wisdom.

Data: Raw Facts Without Meaning

Data is raw facts, symbols, or signals with no meaning on their own. A 37, a word like blue, or a single yes is just data until something gives it purpose.
Two broad kinds: quantitative (numerical, for calculation) and qualitative (descriptive: colours, opinions, categories).

Definition

Paywall

(on a website) an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

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Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

IB Digital Society 3.1A Data Vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom Notes

Topic 1 - Introduction - Digital Society1 subtopic

Topic 2 - Concepts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 3 - Content - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 4 - Contexts - Digital Society7 subtopics

Topic 5 - Challenges and Interventions - Digital Society (HL)3 subtopics

3.1A Data vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom

The DIKW Pyramid

Data: Raw Facts Without Meaning

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

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3.1A Data vs. Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom

The DIKW Pyramid

Data: Raw Facts Without Meaning

anim nostrud sit dolore minim proident quis fugiat velit et eiusmod nulla quis nulla mollit dolor sunt culpa aliqua

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit

Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident

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