More and more every nanosecond, the world we inhabit is explained by, controlled by, and made up of data. Where you go, what you read, the weather, your food, your body -- all data. And we are acquiring the power to gather, understand, and use that data in never-before-seen ways.

All this week on PopSci.com, we observe Data Week, a multifaceted look at how big data is changing the world.

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Hopefully data will be used to create bliss. I would like to have bliss on tap.

So you want to be ignortant. "Ignorance is bliss". I think I have some coke that would make you feel bliss! jk. Happy Holloween everyone!

@dcrosenthal,
lol. ignorance is truly bliss. Awareness can sometimes be suffering but with that awareness comes education(knowledge and wisdom) and from that we can create our own bliss.

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