So the question is, if we have the ability to learn so much more from our individual Black Swan moments than from our successes, that we acknowledge their value, why do we persist in our need to predict the future?

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On the plus side, the ability to directly detect light from a planet closer to the size of Earth than a Jupiter-sized gas giant is a positive step forward in our ability to learn more about planets that might be habitable.

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More impressive is the e-reader's ability to learn your reading speed and give you information on how long it will take you to finish a chapter, or the entire book.

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