Nick de Koning
@nickdek.bsky.social
Husband, dad, retired educator and union advocate.
“The surest way to eradicate a people's right to their land is to deny their historical connection to it.”
Rashid Khalidi
“The surest way to eradicate a people's right to their land is to deny their historical connection to it.”
Rashid Khalidi
Reposted by Nick de Koning
Why focus on eroding trust in official statistics?
2 big reasons:
For authoritarian governments: they'll tell us what we need to know. Muzzles dissent.
For big biz: most data is proprietary. They may let us pay for it (or not); use it to shape policy & procurement.
Either way, they win, we lose.
2 big reasons:
For authoritarian governments: they'll tell us what we need to know. Muzzles dissent.
For big biz: most data is proprietary. They may let us pay for it (or not); use it to shape policy & procurement.
Either way, they win, we lose.
July 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why focus on eroding trust in official statistics?
2 big reasons:
For authoritarian governments: they'll tell us what we need to know. Muzzles dissent.
For big biz: most data is proprietary. They may let us pay for it (or not); use it to shape policy & procurement.
Either way, they win, we lose.
2 big reasons:
For authoritarian governments: they'll tell us what we need to know. Muzzles dissent.
For big biz: most data is proprietary. They may let us pay for it (or not); use it to shape policy & procurement.
Either way, they win, we lose.