David Brin 
The Tell [EPUB ebook] 

Not too far from now, the world is in a new arms race for predictive algorithms, a la Hari Seldon. The government who knows the future, controls the future. Can it be possible that a simple Vegas stage magician holds the key to this disruptive tech? If not, why is everyone after him!?!

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