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Creating positive change with data

Creating positive change with data

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Creating positive change with data

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- I think a lot about how data can be used for good. And I think a lot about how it isn't used for good. And I think the thing that really it boils down to is remembering that each data point, and this depends on your data set, of course, but each data point actually represents a human being. And knowing that going into an analysis gives you a little bit more of an insight on what is this data actually going to be used for. 'Cause there are a lot of instances now where you can see how a biased system has created a biased output. And that is something I think about a lot when working with data and thinking about, is this actually going to benefit the people that are in the data set? Is it not going to benefit them? How's it going to be used? How could it potentially be used in a way that it's not meant to be used? Those are really important questions when you're dealing with data sets that represent actual human beings. And I…

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