The digital revolution of the first decade of this new century has brought many wonders, yet it has also has ushered in a bewildering array of unanticipated consequences. We now find ourselves in a volatile and hyperconnected world where risk has been globalized. Our tightly-coupled systems have become interdependent, creating feedback loops so complex that predictive analysis is of...
In time for its Annual Meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum has published a new white paper entitled "Big Data, Big Impact: New Possibilities for International Development".
The WEF paper lays out several of the ideas which fundamentally drive the Global Pulse initiative. It lays out in concrete terms the opportunity presented by the explosion of data in our world today, and how...