<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
multidisciplinary	O
concept	O
that	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
many	O
terms	O
have	O
been	O
adopted	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
digital	O
world	O
–	O
terms	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
metaverse	O
–	O
the	O
various	O
concepts	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
seem	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
growing	O
dependency	O
of	O
human	O
activities	O
on	O
data	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
approach	O
the	O
digital	O
world	O
in	O
a	O
holistic	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Related	O
terms	O
include	O
data	O
economy	O
,	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	O
commons	O
,	O
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
broadly	O
define	O
digital	O
space	O
and	O
information	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
information	O
flow	O
,	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
digital	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
'	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
as	O
a	O
concept	O
was	O
popularized	O
by	O
the	O
media	O
theorist	O
,	O
writer	O
and	O
advocate	O
of	O
cyberpunk	O
culture	O
and	O
open-source	O
solutions	O
to	O
social	O
problems	O
,	O
Douglas	O
Rushkoff	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
approached	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
"	O
circulatory	O
system	O
for	O
today	O
's	O
information	O
,	O
ideas	O
and	O
images	O
"	O
,	O
understood	O
as	O
"	O
our	O
new	O
natural	O
environment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Rushkoff	O
's	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
invokes	O
ideas	O
of	O
information	O
flow	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
focused	O
on	O
structured	O
data	O
and	O
its	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
Rushkoff	O
's	O
global	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
concept	O
was	O
coined	O
,	O
others	O
were	O
writing	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
personal	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
-	O
drawing	O
more	O
upon	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
stock	O
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
personal	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
concept	O
envisions	O
multiple	O
dataspheres	B-General_Concept
each	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
center	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
person	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
personal	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
encompassing	O
all	O
the	O
data	O
about	O
that	O
individual	O
;	O
a	O
location	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
shopping	O
center	O
;	O
or	O
a	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
so-on	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
law	O
professor	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Humphreys	O
,	O
alludes	O
to	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
"	O
living	O
in	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
in	O
his	O
article	O
"	O
Conscience	O
in	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
where	O
he	O
attempts	O
to	O
reframe	O
the	O
debate	O
on	O
privacy	O
,	O
law	O
,	O
and	O
technology	O
using	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
to	O
communicate	O
the	O
public	O
's	O
immersion	O
in	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
domain	O
specific	O
'	O
data	O
spaces	O
 '	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
Jérôme	O
Béranger	O
's	O
'	O
Big	B-Application
Data	I-Application
and	O
Ethics	O
:	O
The	O
Medical	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
here	O
reverses	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
massive	O
data	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
ethical	O
issues	O
surrounding	O
its	O
design	O
and	O
manipulation	O
,	O
especially	O
regarding	O
personal	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bergé	O
,	O
Grumbach	O
,	O
and	O
Zeno-Zencovich	O
(	O
2018	O
)	O
describe	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
an	O
emerging	O
space	O
,	O
hosted	O
primarily	O
through	O
digital	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
notion	O
of	O
'	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
proposes	O
a	O
holistic	O
comprehension	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
'	O
information	O
 '	O
existing	O
on	O
earth	O
,	O
originating	O
both	O
in	O
natural	O
and	O
socio-economic	O
systems	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
captured	O
in	O
digital	O
form	O
,	O
flows	O
through	O
networks	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
stored	O
,	O
processed	O
and	O
transformed	O
by	O
machines.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
where	O
Floridi	O
's	O
concept	O
includes	O
both	O
digital	O
and	O
"	O
offline	O
and	O
analog	O
spaces	O
of	O
information	O
"	O
alongside	O
digital	O
data	O
,	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
more	O
tightly	O
defined	O
,	O
concerned	O
primarily	O
with	O
digital	O
representations	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
"	O
found	O
,	O
collected	O
and	O
organized	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
is	O
increasingly	O
used	O
and	O
adopted	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
complex	O
digital	O
ecosystem	O
we	O
are	O
currently	O
navigating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
metaphor	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
complex	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
'	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
is	O
approaching	O
a	O
highly	O
complex	O
digital	O
ecosystem	O
and	O
,	O
overall	O
,	O
addresses	O
the	O
question	O
of	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
society	O
we	O
want	O
to	O
build	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
'	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
spatial	O
metaphor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
it	O
seeks	O
to	O
study	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
geopolitical	O
"	O
object	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
resources	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
to	O
conduct	O
geopolitical	O
analyses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
research	O
work	O
,	O
the	O
Center	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
cartography	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
only	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
regional	O
approaches	O
to	O
the	O
digital	O
space	O
,	O
data	O
flows	O
,	O
logical	O
and	O
physical	O
routes	O
,	O
and	O
social	O
networks	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
to	O
the	O
power	O
distribution	O
across	O
geographies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Bergé	O
in	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
spatial	O
metaphor	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
highlights	O
the	O
way	O
in	O
which	O
datafication	B-General_Concept
reconfigures	O
relations	O
between	O
"	O
conventional	O
institutional	O
territories	O
(	O
.e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
some	O
authors	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
'	O
living	O
in	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
 '	O
brings	O
to	O
mind	O
the	O
'	O
public	O
sphere	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
'	O
Hobbes	O
's	O
bargain	O
 '	O
through	O
which	O
public	O
institutions	O
are	O
arguably	O
grounded	O
,	O
albeit	O
more	O
shakily	O
so	O
as	O
expansion	O
of	O
an	O
unregulated	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
undermines	O
classical	O
institutions	O
authority	O
and	O
effectiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
seems	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
perceived	O
as	O
an	O
ecosystem	O
and	O
space	O
we	O
inhabit	O
,	O
new	O
collective	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
frameworks	O
have	O
also	O
arisen	O
across	O
the	O
globe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
frameworks	O
might	O
replicate	O
some	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
elements	O
in	O
their	O
design	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
new	O
governance	B-General_Concept
tools	O
such	O
as	O
data	O
commons	O
,	O
data	O
trusts	O
,	O
cooperatives	O
,	O
collaboratives	B-General_Concept
,	O
data	O
pools	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
can	O
all	O
be	O
tools	O
used	O
to	O
navigate	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
and	O
do	O
so	O
collectively	O
–	O
thus	O
enhancing	O
its	O
complexity	O
–	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
could	O
also	O
be	O
understood	O
as	O
a	O
natural	O
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
as	O
it	O
happens	O
in	O
nature	O
–	O
where	O
energy	O
flows	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
ongoing	O
cycle	O
among	O
ecosystems	O
–	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
ecosystem	O
where	O
fast-paced	O
and	O
complex	O
data	O
flows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Governance	B-General_Concept
efforts	O
are	O
nowadays	O
focusing	O
on	O
leveraging	O
free	O
data	O
flows	O
while	O
ensuring	O
the	O
protection	O
of	O
different	O
human	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
notion	O
of	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
related	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
describes	O
a	O
widespread	O
interconnected	O
digital	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
encompasses	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
while	O
adding	O
layers	O
of	O
complexity	O
,	O
namely	O
human	O
groups	O
and	O
norms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
does	O
not	O
only	O
consider	O
digital	O
technologies	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
different	O
data	O
flows	O
produced	O
in	O
a	O
hyperconnected	B-Operating_System
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
Initiative	O
,	O
was	O
first	O
conceptualized	O
in	O
the	O
paper	O
"	O
We	O
Need	O
To	O
Talk	O
About	O
Data	O
:	O
Framing	O
the	O
Debate	O
Around	O
the	O
Free	O
Flow	O
of	O
Data	O
and	O
Data	O
Sovereignty	O
"	O
by	O
Bertrand	O
De	O
La	O
Chapelle	O
and	O
Lorrayne	O
Porciuncula	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
Initiative	O
has	O
since	O
coined	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
as	O
the	O
complex	O
system	O
encompassing	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
their	O
dynamic	O
interactions	O
with	O
human	O
groups	O
and	O
norms	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
formula	O
essentially	O
draws	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
mutually	O
co-constituted	O
nature	O
of	O
digital	O
artifacts	O
(	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
constituencies	O
and	O
social	O
relationships	O
(	O
human	O
groups	O
)	O
and	O
rules	O
and	O
social	O
expectations	O
(	O
norms	O
)	O
-	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
multiplicity	O
of	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
stops	O
short	O
of	O
detailed	O
specification	O
of	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
,	O
human	O
groups	O
or	O
norms	O
,	O
and	O
leaves	O
open	O
the	O
question	O
of	O
how	O
the	O
interaction	O
of	O
these	O
should	O
be	O
governed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datasets	B-General_Concept
:	O
All	O
digital	O
data	O
including	O
personal	O
and	O
non-personal	O
,	O
private	O
,	O
and	O
public	O
as	O
presented	O
in	O
datasets	B-General_Concept
which	O
are	O
classified	O
differently	O
depending	O
on	O
sector	O
,	O
use-case	O
,	O
or	O
agreed	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
Initiative	O
's	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
seeks	O
to	O
find	O
connections	O
between	O
contexts	O
and	O
look	O
for	O
policy	O
and	O
governance	B-General_Concept
strategies	O
that	O
may	O
not	O
arise	O
from	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
embedded	O
local	O
contexts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recognition	O
of	O
both	O
global	O
norms	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
global	O
plurality	O
of	O
norms	O
,	O
calls	O
for	O
governance	B-General_Concept
approaches	O
that	O
have	O
appropriate	O
levels	O
of	O
flexibility	O
and	O
adaptability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
model	O
implies	O
governance	B-General_Concept
of	O
one	O
interconnected	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
not	O
many	O
isolated	O
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
discussed	O
of	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
local	O
atmospheric	O
conditions	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
talked	O
about	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
of	O
how	O
it	O
is	O
experienced	O
quite	O
differently	O
in	O
different	O
spaces	O
and	O
settings	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
The	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
(	O
...	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
complex	O
adaptive	O
system	O
,	O
exhibiting	O
the	O
well-documented	O
characteristics	O
of	O
such	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
interconnected	O
agents	O
,	O
non-linear	O
impacts	O
of	O
their	O
actions	O
,	O
positive	O
and	O
negative	O
feedback	O
loops	O
,	O
unintended	O
consequences	O
,	O
structural	O
unpredictability	O
,	O
emergence	O
and	O
path	O
dependencies.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
has	O
already	O
been	O
applied	O
to	O
several	O
publications	O
and	O
studies	O
related	O
to	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
medical	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
concept	O
adopted	O
by	O
Jérôme	O
Béranger	O
(	O
2016	O
)	O
to	O
talk	O
about	O
Big	B-Application
Data	I-Application
and	O
ethics	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
impact	O
on	O
medical	O
paradigms	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Hippocratic	O
Oath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
the	O
Center	O
for	O
Clinical	O
and	O
Translational	O
Science	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Kentucky	O
launched	O
its	O
web-based	O
application	O
for	O
researchers	O
to	O
explore	O
de-identified	O
patient	O
data	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
called	O
the	O
DataSphere	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Efforts	O
to	O
govern	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
to	O
leverage	O
its	O
power	O
for	O
health	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
explored	O
by	O
some	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patient-centric	O
approaches	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
highlighted	O
as	O
necessary	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
healthcare	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Across	O
the	O
globe	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
gaining	O
importance	O
and	O
prevalence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
pressing	O
issues	O
nowadays	O
,	O
climate	O
change	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
topics	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
governance	B-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seagate	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
data	O
storage	O
company	O
,	O
has	O
framed	O
its	O
approach	O
towards	O
"	O
advancing	O
a	O
more	O
sustainable	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
they	O
seek	O
to	O
power	O
their	O
global	O
footprint	O
with	O
100%	O
renewable	O
energy	O
by	O
2030	O
and	O
to	O
achieve	O
carbon	O
neutrality	O
by	O
2040	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
several	O
organizations	O
tackling	O
climate	O
change	O
base	O
themselves	O
on	O
the	O
Worldwide	O
IDC	O
Global	O
DataSphere	B-General_Concept
Forecast	O
,	O
2022	O
–	O
2026	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
documents	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
International	O
Data	O
Corporation	O
(	O
IDC	O
)	O
that	O
predicts	O
that	O
by	O
2025	O
,	O
the	O
Global	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
will	O
grow	O
from	O
33	O
Zettabytes	O
(	O
ZB	O
)	O
in	O
2018	O
to	O
175	O
ZB	O
by	O
2025	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
double	O
in	O
size	O
from	O
2022	O
to	O
2026	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
contains	O
data	O
from	O
and	O
about	O
different	O
human	O
groups	O
,	O
ensuring	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
diverse	O
and	O
equitable	O
is	O
fundamental	O
to	O
break	O
gender	O
bias	O
within	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diversity	O
has	O
been	O
highlighted	O
as	O
key	O
for	O
effective	O
and	O
future-oriented	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
thus	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
inclusive	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
such	O
as	O
Seagate	O
have	O
also	O
pointed	O
to	O
the	O
importance	O
of	O
crafting	O
an	O
inclusive	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
not	O
only	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
gender	O
but	O
ethnicity	O
,	O
nationalities	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
gender	O
data	O
and	O
gender	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
are	O
highly	O
promoted	O
nowadays	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
adopting	O
data	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
governance	I-General_Concept
frameworks	O
that	O
adopt	O
inclusive	O
perspectives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
recent	O
metaverse	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
emerged	O
as	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
concept	O
,	O
the	O
metaverse	O
is	O
nowadays	O
real	B-Protocol
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
developments	O
of	O
different	O
private	O
and	O
big	O
tech	O
companies	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
existence	O
and	O
increasing	O
use	O
of	O
metaverse	O
spaces	O
has	O
been	O
highly	O
criticized	O
,	O
and	O
people	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
have	O
expressed	O
their	O
concerns	O
about	O
governance	B-General_Concept
within	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
access	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
researchers	O
have	O
insisted	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
link	O
between	O
the	O
efforts	O
to	O
govern	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
regulation	O
of	O
the	O
metaverse	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
change	O
the	O
language	O
of	O
regulation	O
and	O
potentially	O
create	O
new	O
digital	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
utilized	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
science	O
fiction	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
Historical	O
Dictionary	O
of	O
Science	O
Fiction	O
defines	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
"	O
the	O
notional	O
environment	O
in	O
which	O
digital	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
;	O
esp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
internet	O
viewed	O
in	O
this	O
way	O
;	O
(	O
also	O
)	O
the	O
realm	O
of	O
virtual	O
reality	O
;	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
n.	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	O
by	O
Simmons	O
described	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
construct	O
delight	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
called	O
up	O
information	O
almost	O
constantly	O
,	O
living	O
in	O
a	O
frenzy	O
of	O
full	O
interface	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cyberia	O
,	O
Rushkoff	O
mentioned	O
that	O
anyone	O
could	O
access	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
–	O
"	O
a	O
web	O
of	O
telecommunications	O
and	O
computer	O
networks	O
stretching	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
into	O
outer	O
space	O
"	O
–	O
through	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
and	O
a	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Year	O
's	O
Best	O
Science	O
Fiction	O
:	O
Twenty-Sixth	O
Annual	O
Collection	O
by	O
Dozois	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
talked	O
about	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
of	O
Dione	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
"	O
crawling	O
with	O
agents	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	O
.	O
A	O
.	O
Mason	O
's	O
science	O
fiction	O
book	O
"	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
:	O
The	O
New	O
Epic	O
Sci-fi	O
Virtual	O
Reality	O
Adventure	O
"	O
(	O
2016	O
)	O
references	O
the	O
term	O
of	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interestingly	O
,	O
when	O
defining	O
the	O
term	O
cyberpunk	O
,	O
Lawrence	O
Person	O
from	O
the	O
Nova	O
Express	O
adopted	O
the	O
term	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
and	O
said	O
that	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Classic	O
cyberpunk	O
characters	O
were	O
marginalized	O
,	O
alienated	O
loners	O
who	O
lived	O
on	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
society	O
in	O
generally	O
dystopic	O
futures	O
where	O
daily	O
life	O
was	O
impacted	O
by	O
rapid	O
technological	O
change	O
,	O
an	O
ubiquitous	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
of	O
computerized	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
invasive	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
human	O
body.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Numenera	O
"	O
Voices	O
of	O
the	O
Datasphere	B-General_Concept
"	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
"	O
reach	O
and	O
explore	O
"	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Numenera	O
,	O
the	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
is	O
described	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
datasphere	B-General_Concept
offers	O
knowledge	O
to	O
be	O
learned	O
,	O
treasures	O
to	O
be	O
discovered	O
,	O
and	O
wholly	O
new	O
challenges	O
to	O
be	O
overcome.	O
"	O
</s>
