We have a kind of data sickness. It’s developed in us a mass habit of mind that having the right data makes you right. It doesn’t.

More often than not, data for the majority of what contributed to the matter being discussed *wasn’t captured*. And it wasn’t because it can’t and/or shouldn’t be.

We need to see data as an often useful heuristic, not a perfect hammer to wield as if we were Thor.

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I should probably read some Nora Bateson on #warmData

Who else?

“At times Warm Data is also described more simply as: Information that is alive."

Learn to be a warm data host with Nora Bateson!
In person Singapore 19th–24th February 2024
Online 15th April – 6th May 2024
https://warmdatalab.net/warm-data-host-training-information

#warmdata #complexity #livingsystems

dados "quentinhos" - warm data:

"(Como olhar além da obsessão por #bigdata?)

Em uma pesquisa recente sobre dados e como tudo está conectado, esbarrei no conceito de #warmdata. ... "

https://mariatherezadoamaral.substack.com/p/dados-quentinhos-warm-data

Really appreciated Nora Bateson's interview / conversation on Team Human https://teamhuman.fm/episodes/ep-106-nora-bateson-warm-data/

#warmdata

The call to recognize complexity in interrelationships everywhere seems to me the best antidote to all the simplistic black-and-white political rhetoric we see everywhere (especially in online social media) these days.