Data
Data, is a kind of medium to carry information. The power of utilizing data, especially knowing how to use the minimum amount of space, time, energy resource to represent data, will significantly amplify one's ability to influence decisions or physical consequences in the world. Therefore, the notion of Dataism, is becoming a new trend.
Data Science
To help people better utilize data, the first and foremost thing is to recognize its scale-free property. Data can be represented using a wide range of symbols and of unlimited kinds of physical medium. This allows data to be stored or transferred through various mediums.
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