Thanks to the internet and social media, humans have generated more digital information in the past 24 months than in all of previous human history combined. We are living in a massive "data explosion"!
If you feel like the world is moving faster than ever, you are right. According to IBM and various data science studies, about 90% of all data in existence today was created in the last two years alone.
This isn't just about people typing on keyboards. The "Data Explosion" is powered by everything connected to the web:
We used to talk about Gigabytes and Terabytes. Now, we use Zettabytes (10^21 bytes). To give you an idea: if each Gigabyte were a cup of coffee, one Zettabyte would fill the Great Wall of China many times over.
As we create more data, we face a massive challenge: where do we put it? This has led to the construction of "Hyper-scale Data Centers" - buildings the size of small cities filled with nothing but computers and cooling fans.
We are creating a digital "twin" of our entire world. Every action, click, and heartbeat is becoming a data point, making the last 24 months the most recorded period in the history of life on Earth.
