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Big Data Question 7

Sander Duivestein
June 15, 2012

Consider: Owing to the digital “microscope”, which is currently being invented for Big Data, as it were, we will soon be able to analyze and predict events much more scientifically and accurately in all fields.

Can Big Data help you predict the future better?

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Trend Watcher – New Media, Trend Analyst VINT | Netherlands
Sander Duivestein (1971) is a highly acclaimed and top-rated trendwatcher, an influential author, an acclaimed keynote speaker, a digital business entrepreneur, and a strategic advisor on disruptive innovations. His main focus is the impact of new technologies on people, businesses and society.

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    4 thoughts on “Big Data Question 7

    1. Nee, ik kan niet beter de toekomst voorspellen. Ik kan wel beter voorspellen wat de consequenties zijn van mogelijke toekomstige voorvallen en gebaseerd daarop potentieele maatregelen voorbereiden om de toekomst beter tegemoet te treden.

    2. Ik denk dat we hier met een taal issue te maken hebben. Voorspellen is iets voor magiers. Ik zoek nog naar het juiste woord.

    3. Bid data will shine where the law of large numbers do apply. Predicting typical baskets of goods for given customer segments will work, as will mass holiday choices.
      Maybe it will also help in leveraging the long tail.
      But you can’t predict the future from the present when it comes to predict disruptive elements. Synthetic fuel becoming a reality may lead to things that nobody could predict for example.

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