Dear Humans,

Yesterday we talked about data. We collect it, organize it, and analyze it. And if we do those things well, then we gain the magical power of seeing the future. Because what happened in the past will most likely happen in the future. 

Now, that’s not always true. Life would be pretty boring if it was. And *looking around* life is far from that. Plus, some things are pretty difficult to turn into crunchable measurements. Human beings–crooked timber that we are–aren’t too good at creating reliable data.

But there’s still something pretty great about using our systematic observations of the past to figure out what’s going to happen in the future. And if we get really good at it, life starts to make a little more sense.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt