Real time too quick for you? Buckle up…

 
Depending on where you stand, that’s either very frightening, or very exciting.
 
To the frightening side, add the ability of credit card companies to predict our personal circumstance and the ability for security services to predict the stability of nations and regions.
 
On the exciting side, add our ability to predict flu epidemics faster than ever before, or get help to disaster victims quicker.
 
Either way, we live in very interesting times, because we’ve reached the point where we not only have the ability to predict the future, but we can also nudge people into acting in a way which helps us mediate that future.
 
We look forward to seeing what comes next…
 
You can read the full article on WIRED.co.uk