Preis, TobiasMoat, Helen SusannahStanley, H. EugeneBishop, Steven R.2020-04-032020-04-032012-04-05Tobias Preis, Helen Susannah Moat, H Eugene Stanley, Steven R Bishop. 2012. "Quantifying the Advantage of Looking Forward." SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, Volume 2. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep003502045-2322https://hdl.handle.net/2144/39962We 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.2 pages.en-USThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareALike 3.0 Unported License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Science & technologyMultidisciplinary sciencesSearch volumeData miningBig dataGoogleCorrelationComputational social scienceDigital tracesBiochemistry and cell biologyPhysical sciencesArticle10.1038/srep0035032268