Can Big Data Save the World?

It's no secret that big data is a critical driver of success in business today. But what exactly is big data? According to Wikipedia, it is "a broad term for data sets so large or complex that they are difficult to process using traditional data processing applications. Challenges include, capture, analysis, curation, search, sharing, storage, transfer, visualization, and information privacy." So what does that mean to us? According to an article by David Court in the January 2015 McKinsey Quart...