Think Again: Big Data

“Big data (opens in new tab)” is the jargon du jour, the tech world’s one-size-fits-all (so long as it’s triple XL) answer to solving the world’s most intractable problems. The term is commonly used to describe the art and science of analyzing massive amounts of information to detect patterns, glean insights, and predict answers to complex questions. It might sound a bit dull, but from stopping terrorists (opens in new tab) to ending poverty (opens in new tab) to saving the planet (opens in new tab), there’s no problem too big for the evangelists  (opens in new tab)of big data.