Quotes
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Clarify not simplify
Just to remember a maxim inspired by Nigel Holmes: visualizations and infographics must never simplify; they must clarify. And, in order to clarify, sometimes you’ll need to increase the amount of information included, not reduce it.
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On Enemies and lukewarm defenders
This is a great quote from Niccolo Machiavelli (thanks to Dave Roberts for sharing it over on Vox): It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of…
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Stop referring to yourself as consumers…
“Stop referring to yourself as consumers. Consumers are different than citizens. Consumers do not have obligations, responsibilities and duties to their fellow human beings.” — James Howard Kunstler (TED Talk)