Lookit, it's just a calculator. It's not a search engine. The phrase "computational engine" dresses up the former as the latter. That said, it's a badass cal

Lookit, it's just a calculator. It's not a search engine. The phrase "computational engine" dresses up the former as the latter. That said, it's a badass calculator and with some guided navigation, it could be really helpful. Mortgage refinancing, crazy sports stats, economic indicators, healthcare costs - anything that bloggers graph, Wolfram|Alpha has the ability to be really, really useful for. Wouldn't you like to tweak Nate Silver's assumptions and see what would happen? Wouldn't you like to be able to see if you could run a regression analysis to outwit PECOTA? You could wonk off with Ezra Klein to see which healthcare cost reduction opportunities would have the biggest impact on the deficit. And that's just off the top of my head. It's going to be the best new tool for educated and interesting commentary since RedLasso, and no one will DMCA it to death.