Stuart Mills continues his series on data policy theory, concentrating here on different views to what data are.
What are data?
For many of us, the first idea which comes to mind is that thing we pay for as part of our monthly phone contract.
Alternatively, some of us might associate spain rcs data data with the rows and columns of a spreadsheet, or with internet titans like Facebook or Google or Amazon.
The trouble with data is, when we stop and think about a firm definition or fundamental quality that delineates simple observations or pieces information from data, we might find ourselves stuck.
Aren’t all data information, and isn’t all information gathered through observation?
In political science, Srnicek and Williams offer an idea called folk politics.
Folk politics could also be called common sense politics; a non-exact, learned understanding of how politics works. Of course, this understanding could be inaccurate when examined, but generally, folk politics is a good-enough guide.