Sep 6, 2018 · 1 min read
Back in the 18th century David Hume argued that people weren’t logical beings but that ‘reason is the slave to passion.’
Then recently I read How to Lead by Jo Owens where he argues that the purpose of data in making business decisions is to reinforce your point, not to get an objective view of the world. I was shocked when I read this but on reflection, it is an accurate description of what actually happens. One might paraphrase it as ‘data is the slave to decision.’
