<div dir="ltr">As another damned fool myself, I also didn't see what was so bad about it. The circled numbers on the map correspond to the little tables surrounding the map. The only thing I found arbitrary was how the numbers in the circles were chosen. I assume they were just arbitrary.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 2:23 PM <<a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="gmail-m_-4465736153112110333WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi, Tom, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I guess I have to confess that I don’t see why you found it so offensive. I feel like a damned fool asking you, but maybe “damned fool” is my role on this list and I should play it with joy and conviction. Please explain, as to a child. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nick <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 1, 2020 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Huh? What is this?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Nick:<br>I attached the image of the front page. You should be able to see it on your computer. As I said, it seems to be the year's worst data viz of the year.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">T<br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width: 0.0138in; height: 0.0138in;" id="gmail-m_-4465736153112110333_x0000_i1028" src="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/mail/8f8d5c05fba049297c_1606847572135?uid=226430"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>============================================<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/8f8d5c05fba049297c_1606847572135?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br>505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/8f8d5c05fba049297c_1606847572135?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">NM Foundation for Open Government</span></b></a><br><b><span style="color:blue">Check out <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/8f8d5c05fba049297c_1606847572135?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671" target="_blank">It's The People's Data</a></span></b> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">============================================<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 11:25 AM <<a href="mailto:thompnickson2@gmail.com" target="_blank">thompnickson2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tom, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I only read the webedition, and so don’t have the front page in front of me, but the message seemed clear to me. BE AFRAID. If we are learning one lesson from this pandemic, it is that lack of fear is the primary driver of rising case numbers. Public policy has relatively little effect unless it increases fear. And robust terror makes public policy unnecessary. What did you NOT see that I did see? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My candidate for the worst graphic is below. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="637" height="316" style="width: 6.6388in; height: 3.2916in;" id="gmail-m_-4465736153112110333gmail-m_-8402804679443291441Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:1761fca39d34cff311"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking at this I would assume that we are out of the woods. In fact, the current rolling 7-day average is about 140 cases, more that 10 times what it should be. I think the downward tail of the graph reflects only incomplete data. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have been frustrated by the state’s web page because it seems to emphasize cumulative cases at the expense of current cases and new cases per population. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Another bizarre data point appeared in the Gating criteria yesterday, where the current Ro was given as 0.97!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I think the City needs to run fumigation trucks up and don the streets or city workers with back packs and nosles . They could be just emitting water vapor, perhaps with a little corotene thrown in for dramatic effect?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nick <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nicholas Thompson<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Clark University<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ThompNickSon2@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ThompNickSon2@gmail.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/</span></a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <<a href="mailto:friam-bounces@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam-bounces@redfish.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> Friam@redfish. com <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com" target="_blank">friam@redfish.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Mike Collins <<a href="mailto:amc@alumni.princeton.edu" target="_blank">amc@alumni.princeton.edu</a>>; Steve Ross <<a href="mailto:editorsteve@gmail.com" target="_blank">editorsteve@gmail.com</a>>; Steve Doig <<a href="mailto:steve.doig@asu.edu" target="_blank">steve.doig@asu.edu</a>>; Peter St. Cyr <<a href="mailto:peter.stcyr@gmail.com" target="_blank">peter.stcyr@gmail.com</a>>; Tom Scharmen <<a href="mailto:thomas.scharmen@state.nm.us" target="_blank">thomas.scharmen@state.nm.us</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [FRIAM] Huh? What is this?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Below is this morning's front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican. It is obviously trying to give the virus story big play. But I can't figure out what in hell this map and all its appendages are trying to tell me. I might be missing something big time, but shouldn't this be nominated as the worst data visualization of the year?<br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width: 0.0069in; height: 0.0069in;" id="gmail-m_-4465736153112110333_x0000_i1026" src="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/mail/a7ac416d5831fd2442_1606840497027?uid=226430"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="291" height="525" style="width: 3.0277in; height: 5.4722in;" id="gmail-m_-4465736153112110333gmail-m_-8402804679443291441Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:1761fca39d35b16b22"><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">============================================<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/a7ac416d5831fd2442_1606840497027?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com" target="_blank">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br>505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/a7ac416d5831fd2442_1606840497027?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">NM Foundation for Open Government</span></b></a><br><b><span style="color:blue">Check out <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/a7ac416d5831fd2442_1606840497027?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671" target="_blank">It's The People's Data</a></span></b> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">============================================<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal">- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. .<br>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br>Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 <a href="http://bit.ly/virtualfriam" target="_blank">bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br>un/subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com" target="_blank">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br>archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/" target="_blank">http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</a><br>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a> <u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div>- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. .<br>
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