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What data can’t tell
WHAT DATA CAN’T TELL
The tyranny of data-centrismPutting data culture at the centre of decision-making and of our way of interpreting the world opens up many possibilities, but also involves numerous risks. The main danger of data-centrism is that it encourages the idea that whatever the problem, the answer lies in data, and that our society can do without more disordered and imperfect mechanisms based on politics and negotiation.
Preserving values such as subjectivity and ambiguity is especially important at a time when it is easy to believe that all solutions are computable, and that they are hosted on a server and stored in a Data Centre.