The great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, in a classic novel called the Foundation, posited an advanced mathematical-rhetorical technology that could convert any speech to symbols, which could in turn be simplified like any other complex equation.
Taha Yasseri, a physicist at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, created a mathematical model that takes into account data such as the number of readers and editors for the Wikipedia page.
In our struggle to manage billions of bytes of data, technology spawned the use of algorithms (mathematical formulas) that monitor words and phrases to expose and even predict problematic behaviors.