On 13 Apr 2014, at 19:56, Puneet Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 13, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Friedrich Lindenberg > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To be honest, the slogan strikes me as a bit vacuous as it avoids telling us >> *how* data/knowledge/muffins will have any effect, and instead goes for the >> “change” meme, which I has been beaten to death by a combination of TED >> talks and American presidential campaigns for the past couple of years. >> >> It’s ironic that the slogan is essentially a statement of faith. > > Slogans usually are a statement of faith. They are too short to be anything > more substantive. But, they can make a great lead-in for case-studies, web > pages, other literature that supports them.
You’re probably right, but compare these: Doing good is part of our code (Moz) Turning information into action (TTC) Making government accountable & transparent (Sunlight) It’s faith in a mechanism, not in spreadsheets (“Data can change the world”). - Friedrich
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