it' in all of us data science is what makes us humans what we are today nonot the computer-driven data science this book will introduce you tobut the ability of our brains to see connectionsdraw conclusions from factsand learn from our past experiences more so than any other species on the planetwe depend on our brains for survivalwe went all-in on these features to earn our place in nature that strategy has worked out for us so farand we're unlikely to change it in the near future but our brains can only take us so far when it comes to raw computing our biology can' keep up with the amounts of data we can capture now and with the extent of our curiosity so we turn to machines to do part of the work for usto recognize patternscreate connectionsand supply us with answers to our numerous questions the quest for knowledge is in our genes relying on computers to do part of the job for us is not--but it is our destiny xiii