| Sumario: | The article discusses the future of big data, which refers to large amounts of stored data, in relation to the author's work as a futurist for the computer processor manufacturer Intel Corporation. It is said that such data has to be able to meet personal needs of technology users, resulting in research involving anthropologist Genevieve Bell. Other topics include science fiction aspects of the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," by Philip K. Dick, the speech "Googling the Cyborg," by William Gibson, and the need for greater data storage capacity.
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