🆕 Exalting data, missing meaning—my essay on the tangled dance of expert insight & data in fields like design + edu blog.andymatuschak.org/post/159340765
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Andy's essays are always interesting, straightforward, thoughtful, and honest. Definitely a recommended follow.
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Exalting data, missing meaning—my essay on the tangled dance of expert insight & data in fields like design + edu blog.andymatuschak.org/post/159340765
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It seems not entirely coincidental that I now have to do a funny reply/retweet dance to get the sharing-but-also-threading effect I want?
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Imagining trying to grade an assignment by David Foster Wallace "using rubrics."
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This is so refreshing to read when living inside Facebook's "if it can be measured, it must be measured and increased" philosophy.
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Boo to that philosophy. :(
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Awesome writeup! Sharing this with other product folks at littleBits. Helps that it comes from someone with a technical background!
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I bet y'all have a lot of pressure to "prove efficacy" etc etc from funders... keep that Media Lab spirit alive! 🌈
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This is wonderful, thank you! You put into words what I've been thinking
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Thank you for the kind words!
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