Data Pollution
As we create more methods for quantifying the world around us, data are manipulated, contaminated, and sabotaged, making it harder to separate true insights from useless noise.
Trend Longevity Rating
an exceptional prediction that grew more true over time
How this trend held up
There is no doubt the flood of data is rising, and sorting through it to find what really matters is a serious problem that even smart AI has not been able to solve.
Every past trend prediction is re-reviewed and graded with a Trend Longevity Rating, measuring how much each originally curated trend still matters years later.
Where It Led
This trend evolved into a megatrend.
In 2020, Data Pollution was identified as one of the past trends that evolved into the megatrend Data Abundance: The growing ubiquity of data and the myriad ways it can be collected raise big questions about how to make it truly useful, who owns the data, and who should stand to profit from it.
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