"A writer is a mirror reflecting the world, but also a lamp illuminating the dark corners of the human soul."
We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious.
Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.