Data: A Hoarder’s Storage Locker, Not a Magical Museum

<p>There&rsquo;s a common misconception that data is the next best thing to a holy relic of science &mdash; objective, mathematical, clean, correct, and above all, always useful.</p> <blockquote> <p>A more accurate analogy for data would be a hoarder&rsquo;s storage locker.</p> </blockquote> <p>If you&rsquo;re like most people, you envision data as a magical museum, meticulously organized and filled with diamonds and other gems, so brace yourself for a reality check!</p> <p>A more accurate analogy for data would be a hoarder&rsquo;s storage locker, filled to the brim with all kinds of stuff. If you&rsquo;re willing to go spelunking into the mess you&rsquo;ve inherited, you might find something valuable in there, but brace yourself for a pile of broken garbage that only its hoarder could love. (That is, if that hoarder even remembers what on earth they squirreled away in all that mess.)</p> <p><a href="https://kozyrkov.medium.com/data-a-hoarders-storage-locker-not-a-magical-museum-a67703f2c7da"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>