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Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 31m

Los datos son claros: nunca tuvimos tanto como en el presente. Deberíamos estar mejor; pero no lo estamos. Si los datos no coinciden con la realidad, perdemos confianza en la información y la ciencia.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 17h

Capitalism is an ideology where the predominant values are productivity, growth, and competition. According to these values, a world with more is a better place. The data is unequivocal: we have never in our history had more stuff than now. We should be happier. But we’re not.

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 17h

El capitalismo valora la productividad, el crecimiento y la competencia. Según eso, más es mejor. Los datos son claros: nunca hubo tanto, deberíamos ser más felices. Pero no lo somos.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 18h

Objectivity doesn't exist. All information and knowledge is created or interpreted through an ideological lens. The dominant lens throughout the last few hundred years has been capitalism.

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 18h

La objetividad no existe. Toda información se crea o interpreta desde un lente ideológico. El dominante en los últimos siglos, ha sido el capitalismo.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 19h

When Darwin wrote and published his work, theories of capitalism were highly influential. The interpretation of his theories, was influenced by these ideas. What would have happened if On the Origin of Species had been published a few years after Marx's Das Kapital, instead of a few years before?

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 19h

Cuando Darwin publicó su trabajo, las teorías capitalistas eran muy influyentes. La interpretación de su trabajo estuvo marcada por eso. ¿Qué habría pasado si El origen de las especies hubiese salido después del Das Kapital de Marx en vez de antes?

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 22h

It turns out that data interpretation is a sleight of hand trick. It gives you information, but it hides a crucial secret ingredient: ideology.

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 22h

La interpretación de datos es un truco de manos. Genera información pero esconde un ingrediente clave: la ideología.

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Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

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Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

I remember back in 2010 when he had is first big win. I decided to leave the country. Little did I know that the extreme hatred that surrounds us today would follow me everywhere I would go.

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Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

That would mean accepting other world views are possible. We can't have that!

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

A company’s stock value may be sky-high, but employees have to work longer hours, with more stress, for the same money. The data says things are going great; the employees' reality doesn't. This is inequality at its best. The way we describe the world with data doesn’t equal the world's true state.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

La acción de una empresa puede estar por las nubes, pero los empleados trabajan más horas y con más estrés por lo mismo. Los datos dicen que va todo bien; la realidad laboral no. Eso es la desigualdad en su esplendor.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

A higher GDP should mean we are better off. What we observe is that we can't afford rent, air quality is bad, and we don’t know our neighbours’. GDP is up, but we're worse off. The facts and reality don't match.

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

Un PIB más alto debería implicar una mejor vida. Observamos lo contrario: no podemos pagar el alquiler, el aire está contaminado y ni conocemos a nuestros vecinos. El PIB sube, pero estamos peor. Datos y realidad no coinciden.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, we all have access to more data; however, most of us don't have access to the resources necessary to gather and interpret that data. What we have is a supercomputer in our pockets that gives us the illusion that we do. But we are just interface users.

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

Todos tenemos acceso a más datos; pero pocos tienen los recursos para recogerlos e interpretarlos. Tenemos una supercomputadora en nuestro bolsillo que nos da la ilusión de poder hacerlo, pero solo somos usuarios de una interfaz.

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

You and your partner may wake up one morning and be greeted by a radiant blue sky and a warm 25°C. You might interpret, based on the data, that it's a beautiful day. Your partner, who prefers a cold winter morning, may interpret that today will be a sticky mess. Which of the two is the truth?

Si todo lo que tenés son datos, sos solo otra persona con números

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

Vos y tu pareja pueden despertarse una mañana despejada de 25°C. Para vos es un hermoso día; tu pareja, que prefiere el frío, teme un día miserablemente pegajoso. ¿Cuál de las dos interpretaciones es verdadera?

If all you've got is data, you're just another person with numbers

Writer By Technicality @writerbytech.bsky.social · 1d

With commodities like oil, which give us energy, more oil means more energy. The result of more people having more access to more data is an increase in the amount of interpretations. Consequently, unlike more oil meaning more energy, more data doesn't give you more truth—it gives you more truths.