From the article: "Over the next year, I’m hoping to get a better grip on some
of the questions raised by the data revolution: In what situations should we
rely on intuitive pattern recognition and in which situations should we ignore
intuition and follow the data? What kinds of events are predictable using
statistical analysis and what sorts of events are not?....
In sum, the data revolution is giving us wonderful ways to
understand the present and the past. Will it transform our ability to predict
and make decisions about the future? We’ll see." Read more
