用大数据如何拯救世界?
<p><span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="outpaces">outpaces</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="utilize">utilize</span> <span word="it">it</span>—<span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solving">solving</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="biggest">biggest</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p>我们搜集信息的能力远远强于分析使用的能力，然而，这些消息可能包含了我们现如今正在面临的全球性挑战的解决办法。</p><p><span word="Take">Take</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="instance">instance</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="frequent">frequent</span> <span word="outbreaks">outbreaks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="waterborne">waterborne</span> <span word="illnesses">illnesses</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="consequence">consequence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="disasters">disasters</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yemen">Yemen</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> 10,000 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="suspected">suspected</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cholera">cholera</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="week">week</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="riddled">riddled</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="factors">factors</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="contributed">contributed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>, <span word="predict">predict</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="risk">risk</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="protective">protective</span> <span word="measures">measures</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stem">stem</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span>?</p><p>比如，战后或自然灾难引起的水源性传播疾病频繁爆发。最近的例子发生在也门，每个星期也门新发现约一万例疑似霍乱病例。而且历史总是相似的。如果我们能更好地理解环境因素对该病的影响，提前预测高风险社区，以保护性方法来阻止源头传播，将会怎么样呢？</p><p><span word="Answers">Answers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="potentially">potentially</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="avert">avert</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span>.</p><p>这些问题和其他相似问题的答案可能会潜在地帮助我们阻止灾难。</p><p><span word="We">We</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="virtually">virtually</span> <span word="everything">everything</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="birth">birth</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="rates">rates</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="yields">yields</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="flows">flows</span>. <span word="IBM">IBM</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>, 2.5 <span word="quintillion">quintillion</span> <span word="bytes">bytes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="generated">generated</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span>: <span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="equivalent">equivalent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Library">Library</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 166,000 <span word="times">times</span> <span word="per">per</span> 24-<span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="period">period</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="harness">harness</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="information">information</span>. <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="changed">changed</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="advances">advances</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="analytics">analytics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="computational">computational</span> <span word="services">services</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tools">tools</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p>
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