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Quantifying the Advantage of Looking Forward

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: We introduce a future orientation index to quantify the degree to which Internet users worldwide seek more information about years in the future than years in the past. We analyse Google logs and find a striking correlation between the country's GDP and the predisposition of its inhabitants to look forward.

Source: Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/srep00350

Authors: Tobias Preis, Helen Susannah Moat, H. Eugene Stanley, Steven R. Bishop

Institutions: Boston University, ETH Zurich, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Information Retrieval and Search Behavior

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,690

Funders: National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council