U-Abraham Lincoln wayeyocabangani nge-Big Data nokuthuthuka okusheshayo?
Enkulumweni ayisho ePhalamende ngoJune 1848, u-Abraham Lincoln waveza umbono wakhe ngendlela yokwenza ushintsho olufiselekayo, evuma ukuthi ukuhlela indlela eya emphumeleni oyifisayo akuyona indlela eqondile nokuthi amaqiniso abalulekile kulolu hambo.  Isisho esibonisa ukucabanga kukaLincoln okusheshayo: "Nquma ukuthi into ethile ingenziwa futhi kumelwe yenziwe, khona-ke siyothola indlela". Ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Agile, samukela iqiniso lokuthi asazi okuningi ngendlela yokufinyelela umgomo wethu. 'Sithola indlela' ngokukhulumisana njalo, ukwabelana ngamaqiniso nangokwenza imisebenzi esikholelwa ukuthi iyosiholela ekufezeni "lokho". Sigxila emgomweni futhi sivumelanise, njengoba kudingeka, namaqiniso atholakalayo. Futhi ngokuphathelene namaqiniso, wayefuna ukubala zonke izingulube nezinkukhu...  Ingcaphuno ebonisa imicabango kaLincoln nge-"Big Data" (ukuqoqwa): "Uphikisa ngokukhethekile, njengoba ngimuqonda, ukubala zonke izingulube nezinkukhu ezweni. Angiboni ukuthi kunamandla kakhulu kulokhu kuphikisa". U-Abe wayeqonda ukuthi izinqumo zisekelwe emaqinisweni nasemininingwaneni, kodwa naye waxwayisa ngokuthi eminye imininingwane ingase ingabi usizo kakhulu. Ngokuphathelene nokuqoqwa kwedatha ukuze kuqondiswe izinqumo: "Kulawo maqiniso, sizoba nesisekelo esiqinile, esingaguquguquki samaqiniso - isisekelo, esingasekelwe kunoma iyiphi indlela ekucabangeni, ekucabangeni, noma ezithakazelweni zendawo".