The Orbital Perspective

CHAPTER NINE

Mass Collaboration

Our global society is producing data at an exponentially increasing rate. Data enables decision makers to determine the most effective ways to address their most critical challenges. Countries, cities, and communities that can identify key issues, determine where their most vulnerable citizens are located, and understand the needs they face are equipped to accurately determine how to best apply limited resources to achieve solutions. But data by itself is insufficient. We also need tools to analyze that data and to translate the analysis into more effective and targeted approaches that can dramatically improve society’s ...