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I don’t need to see numbers [data], I need to see clothes [information]. Do I watch out for ice, or can I be the care-free, reckless driver I always am? Do I br
by alex_c 17y ago
I don’t need to see numbers [data], I need to see clothes [information]. Do I watch out for ice, or can I be the care-free, reckless driver I always am? Do I bring an umbrella? How many or few layer do I need? These are the things I want to know. ∞
Or maybe, rather than 10 pieces of information which may or may not be right or complete, I can just get 2 pieces of data and draw my own conclusions.
I understand the general point of the post (I think), but this example just doesn't do it for me. It bugs me for a number of reasons:
- can it ever be always right, or at least right more often than I am? What if I'm sick and need to bundle up more - do I have to give it health updates? What if it's the first sunny, warm day after a long period of cold days, and I FEEL like running around in a t-shirt? I still have to make these decisions myself, but now I no longer have accurate raw data.
- it assumes that every time I go outside it's for the same purpose (probably going to work?) That makes me sad.
- it triggers my mistrust of making things too easy. Oh, what a wonderful world where none of us know what 60 degrees means (or 15, for us Celsius fans), and where we have to depend on a computer to tell us how to dress.