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The limits of data

The limits of data
Data vs context (image credit: CJ Botha via Unsplash)

If you're looking for your weekend philosophy fix, I can highly recommend this long read by C. Thi Nguyen. He puts the finger on a sore we've collectively been ignoring for too long – that data should be seen as a tool, not as the ground truth. That data-driven decision making doesn't relieve us from the imperative to use common sense, consensus-building and speculative design.

The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:

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