The more things change, the more they stay the same

Millennia back, humans looked towards the skies. 

Free from modern distractions, our ancestors probably stared at the sky long enough to eventually discern patterns:
- in the seemingly random scatter of stars at night: called constellations
- in the path of the sun as it traversed the skies
- in the moon and the planets' celestial dance

As sky gazing evolved, it found utility in multiple fields - among hunters and sailors for navigation, farmers for crop planning, astronomers for understanding celestial events, scientists for tracking time and distances, even astrologers for making predictions on the fortunes of individuals and kingdoms. Each group looking at the same sky with a different perspective and for a different purpose.

Cut to the modern day - Business Intelligence, Analytics, Big Data, Cloud... fields of study which have gained traction in the last few years or decades. 

Each topic feeds on the same simple millennia-old need of the human mind: the craving to understand something meaningful from something seemingly random; meaningful enough to leverage for an edge or a utility.

Straggling groups of humans from centuries back have now been supplanted by countries and institutions. However, the primordial need is as strong as ever or probably even stronger.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose - Alphonse Karr, Les Guêpes 1849

(The more things change, the more they stay the same)