DATA VISUALIZATION

After reading this article I began to appreciate human limitations. We have massive amounts of data swirling around us at all times, yet it's impossible to internalize. The only way we can appreciate this data, and the connections it has to itself, is by taking snippets, reworking them and turning them into elegantly created visualizations. These visual snippets allow us to appreciate the interconnected nature of the universe around us without having to sift through massive amounts of seemingly uncorrelated data. One of the most interesting links was this that talked about how the government is using cloud-computing to store their data. It also talked about how they are relying upon private companies to store their data. What does that mean? What's the implications of Google storing the government's data? Will they eventually store sensitive, private data because it's cheaper?