Looking at how we use numbers is really the point, right? As they say, an accountant is someone who attempts to value the present, right? [They] look at the past. And, hopefully, an actuary is someone who attempts to value the future with all its uncertainties. And, clearly, that is very useful.
But in the information economy, it remains up to us to organize and use that information in ways that improve the quality of decision making. BIS Review 73/2001  5