Torture Me Enough, and I’ll Say Anything: The Confessions of Data

In 1854, a physician named John Snow used data to save London from a cholera outbreak.

He mapped the victims' homes on Broad Street, traced the infection cluster to a single public water pump, and persuaded authorities to remove the handle.

Data did what it was born to do: illuminate the truth and solve a real human problem.

Fast forward 170 years, and data has a very different Monday morning routine.

Now, it sits nervously inside a conference room, listening to a presentation titled

“Our Strong Performance in a Challenging Environment.”

It watches the fourteen separate dashboards that are built to track the performance of the other dashboards.

Numbers don't lie, but they are remarkably compliant when pushed around.

In my latest post, I let Data tell its own story. From ancient harvests and public health triumphs to the absurdities of the modern quarterly slide deck.

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Torture Me Enough, and I’ll Say Anything: The Confessions of Data