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Data can't drive everything

⇥ @mtsw.bsky.social, it's very similar to the process in Hollywood of making "data-driven" programming choices - ultimately good political messaging and hit movies are both an unknowable and unquantifiable commodity and the best process we've ever developed for getting it is "let smart, experienced people try stuff"

posted on April 18, 2025 in: tech and data-driven.
~26 words, about a 1 min read.

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I think a lot of fields need to realize that there are just going to be a wide variety of endeavors that data cannot meaningfully steer.

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— Via @mtsw.bsky.social, it's very similar to the process in Hollywood of making "data-driven" programming choices - ultimately good political messaging and hit movies are both an unknowable and unquantifiable commodity and the best process we've ever developed for getting it is "let smart, experienced people try stuff"

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