If every breath we take does affect the moves we make, in a world that breathes technology, it is quite expected to see most everyday acts to be more and more shaped, or even governed by data.
Data are frequently offered for free and this becomes a widespread norm; or effortlessly “acquired”. Still, many times the data box we receive is empty of relevance, it does not deliver any advantage; apart from attention overspending, data flows could even be trapping the mind towards wrong conclusions.
Contemporary data depictions are not only easier to read than ever before, they are also visually catchy, entertaining the contemporary easily bored human mind.
We need to be cautious when invited and served in nice, well decorated dishes; to be even more mindful of what the worth of actual food is.
Every time data are served, a conscious look should precede at some aspects, which function as a nutritional value label. The following scheme could help to mirror the value we could extract:
In the information age, data meals matter; pleasing the taste is always motivating, but feeding the right decisions determines whether those decisions can lead us to progress, to illusion or even to destruction.