The Perils of Context-Free Data: Lessons from the Chernobyl Disaster

I really enjoyed the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl” that aired/streamed recently. You can watch it all now through HBO if you have access (or you can get an HBO free trial through Amazon). One of my favorite and most meaningful quotes from Don Wheeler (as I’ve shared in my book Measures of Success) is: “No data have meaning apart from their context.” There are many applications of this concept. One is the idea that we need … Continue reading The Perils of Context-Free Data: Lessons from the Chernobyl Disaster