I’m obsessed with data, but I don’t trust it blindly.
Especially when the interpretation comes from a corporation or the media.

Take this chart, for example:

You can truthfully say that China and India have either the least educated or the most educated populations.

It all depends on which part of the graph you’re looking at. Left or right.

People crave confirmation.
They seek data that supports their worldview and ignore the rest.
They also tend to oversimplify both the data and the world.

Just because it’s a fact doesn’t mean it’s not part of a bigger lie.