Technology On Way To Forecasting Humanity's Needs

Much as meteorologists predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, some researchers believe we will one day predict with unprecedented foresight, specificity and scale such things as the economic and social effects of billions of new Internet users in China and India, or the exact location and number of airline flights to cancel around the world in order to halt the spread of a pandemic.

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