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Distance between adults
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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Empty vessels make the most noise
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FIGURE 11.2 Graphs of life.
As I write this book, the world is suffering through a pandemic, the scale and
impact of which has not happened to humanity in the past 100 years. The world
leaders are trying to decide various aspects of their strategy to bring life back to
normal. While there are many data items that are being measured and plotted, two key
elements are the number of new infections and the number of deaths. This statistic is
updated every day and is available in several public websites.
The data by itself are useless until we turn it into information that provides a per
spective that becomes a basis for some serious decision-making action.
To convert data into information, you need a perspective. Think of perspective as
a viewpoint—a certain angle from which you are looking at the situation. A couple
of quick examples follow.
The four figures here represent the same pyramid but looked at from different angles.
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FIGURE 11.3 Views of a pyramid.