On Data Literacy

To stem misinformation, begin with education

When the printing press was first introduced, one scholar warned that it was “creating an overload of information that would be confusing and harmful to the mind” (Conrad Gessner).

Similarly, having too many avenues that offer updates today can feel dizzying — excess choice also had the adverse consequence of fatigue, which make snap judgements a means of relief. Information without context and the means to interpret/analyze it is just more noise.