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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/12/19
  

  History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future

  Calculating the patterns and cycles of the past could lead us to a better understanding of history. Could it also help us prevent a looming crisis?

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  1/10/19
  

  Using 'Big Data' And AI To Understand The Patterns Of Our History And Tell Us About Our Future

  Data allows us to see the world in ways we’ve never dreamed about, transforming piles of numbers into visualizations that help us understand the world around us.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9-7-13
  

  A Brief History of Data Revolutions in Economics

  by Stephen Lohr

  Big Data may usher in a revolution in economic management, but it's hardly the first.

• SOURCE: CNN
  03-29-13
  

  Easter by the numbers

  Christians will mark the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter by donning their Sunday best, attending church and going on egg hunts. But what's the history of the holiday? And how much will we actually spend on those yummy chocolate rabbits? Read some fast facts about Easter below.77 -- Percent of Americans who identify themselves as Christian, as of December 2012....

• SOURCE: NYT
  3-20-13
  

  The era of deep archiving begins

  As a Dartmouth student in the early 1970s, William McDonough went, somewhat casually, to hear a lecture by a visiting celebrity. Mr. McDonough had little idea beforehand who Buckminster Fuller was, but listening to the designer and futurist had a long-term effect.Mr. McDonough was late and took one of the last seats left, in the front row. Three hours later, he realized that the rest of the audience was gone but that Mr. Fuller was still talking. “Do you want me to keep going?” Mr. Fuller asked politely but unnecessarily. They ended up taking a walk around campus, Mr. Fuller expostulating all the way.That evening put Mr. McDonough on the path to becoming a prominent architect, but it exists only in his memory, which used to be where just about everything about our pasts resided. Now Mr. McDonough is in the forefront of efforts to change that, to record instantaneously the major intellectual events in our lives. He will be the first living archive at Stanford University....