We can imagine that if data is freely available, and properly machine readable, then we can use our technology to combine that data in new and unexpected ways. To gain new insights, to use our resources more efficiently, to find new areas of innovation and advancement.
Of course, open data isn't just about first world problems. The biggest impacts will come when we take what we've learned and help others apply it all across the world. It's not just about people in the rich world finding a school with the best exam results; it's about people in the poorest nations being able to find a school with a toilet.
People won't choose Open Data because it's open; they'll choose it because it's better.
But, as often the case with these things, the true revolution lies not in the technology. The tech, the data, they're part of it, but it's not the full story. The revolution is Open.
Those of us who work in open, whether it's open source, open data, open science, or open content, are all pushing at a new way of working; a new way of thinking. As we so often remind ourselves at the ODI, it's not about data, it's about culture.
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