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Choosing what kind of data to expose or research can be political. Simply releasing data on the # of regulations is helpful for only certain kinds of discussion
by zbyte64 11y ago
Choosing what kind of data to expose or research can be political. Simply releasing data on the # of regulations is helpful for only certain kinds of discussions:
* Who pushed or repealed the most regulations
* Who regulated what
* Correlating # of regulations to market performance
These are not bad discussions to have but has the consequence of shifting the discussion further away from "what makes a good regulation?" towards "how much regulation is too much?".
Data is data but it isn't all the data. What we choose to look at frames the political discussion.
- msellout 11y agoA strategy for an executive to control the output of outside consultants is to sponsor a project and provide a filtered list of information sources. So long as the consultants only receive the appropriate data, their conclusions are predetermined. Internally, this creates the illusion of objectivity.