We've looked to the stars, used crystal balls and dealt the cards in efforts to better understand and find meaning in our world. Now people are divining from lines of code in the form of "Algo Seance" "In ancient Greece, someone seeking guidance may have turned to an oracle like the one at Delphi – a point of pilgrimage for those seeking help and advice. Today, technology is fulfilling that function as truth is increasingly conflated with mathematical proofs within our machines. Artificial intelligence networks are making predictions about the future based on big data, while digital “oracles” determine the truth through blockchain-powered prediction markets. Serving as trusted entities, these oracles validate claims about the real world, but in their names – “Augur”, “Gnosis” – they suggest that a summoning of forces with more ancient origins is also in play throughout the venture capital– fueled technological progress of the present."