Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate

by Shawn DuBravac

In 2008 the number of “things” connected to the Internet surpassed the number of people on the planet.

The human brain receives surrounding data through its sensory organs: sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Our brain also receives internal data signals from the body: pain, hunger, thirst, sleep, and so forth. The history of data can be summarized as man’s attempt to recreate the brain’s data-processing power.

Cellular connectivity has also proliferated, and today there are more cellular connections in the United States than there are people.

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.” —Plato