"In an era when we are all talking about AI, the climate crisis, surveillance and privacy, and how technology shapes our choices, we wanted to reframe data not as something cold or distant, but as something deeply personal: a tool we (as human beings) can wield to understand ourselves and the world better. The book explores what we call Data Humanism, an approach that brings context, nuance, narrative, and imperfection back to the center of how we collect, design, and communicate data."
"In this excerpt, organizational psychologist and best-selling author Adam Grant reflects on how we interpret and communicate data, especially in moments of uncertainty, and why stories and emotions are just as essential to understanding information as statistics themselves. Adam Grant is the Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Professor of Psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Yet that impressive title barely covers the full breadth of his activities."
Data permeates modern life but often remains technical and inaccessible to everyday people. An accessible approach proposes making data approachable by focusing on the human side: context, nuance, narrative, and imperfection. Cross-disciplinary perspectives from medicine, science, art, culture, and advocacy demonstrate how data can illuminate personal and societal realities. Emphasizing stories and emotions alongside statistics makes interpretation more meaningful, particularly during uncertainty. Data Humanism reframes data as a tool people can wield to understand themselves and the world better and encourages designers and practitioners to create representations that are empathetic, expressive, and grounded in lived experience.
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