In theory, you could write out an algorithm to predict how much say...olive oil, a family would use and suggest to the farms how many olives to grow in a season to match the future demands...right?
When preparing for a competition I think somewhere out there I have a competitor that wants to take me out & my job is to make that EXTREMELY difficult for them.
One of my strange "favorite" qualities I have: if I read or hear someone saying anything that suggests "X person can't do X task" I automatically make it about myself & use it as fuel to make my goals happen.