Numbers: they can be beguiling things, especially when they tell a story we really want to hear. The bigger the numbers the better, ideally so mind-bogglingly big that they totally overwhelm our critical faculties. Best of all, take a series of numbers getting ever bigger: a dynamic that makes us feel as if something significant is happening … Continue reading Fact-checking the information exa-ggeration
In his latest cartoon my friend Noel, aka DJ Bogtrotter, reminds me of an oddity revealed in this month's Orange Digital Media Index. [Disclosure 1: I work for Orange though the-postings-on-this-site-are-my-own-and-dont-necessarily-represent-the-positions-strategies-or-opinions-of-my-employer. Disclosure 2: My employer's premises are protected by the power of feng shui. Really. Disclosure 3: That last link was to a PDF, sorry.] Anyway, … Continue reading I was born under a long-named star…
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