“One admires a genius because one has the imagination to see that there is no ‘mechanism’ in him or his work, nothing that can be analyzed and rationalized”
"when the data and anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right. it’s not that the data is miscollected, it’s that you’re not measuring the right thing"
Erst Narrationen stiften Sinn und Zusammenhang. Die digitale, das heißt numerische Ordnung ist ohne Geschichte und Erinnerung. So fragmentiert sie das Leben.
A PM I once worked with was struggling to persuade somebody of something. I told him to ask them the question, “What data would I have to show you to get you to change your mind?” If they didn’t have a clear answer, then he would know this was an idea they held on faith, a bit like a religious belief. No amount of data can sway a person from their... See more