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A New York magazine editor found a chart that you had posted on Instagram and reposted it. You got like an instant bump of a thousand followers. It was really validating to have someone who was an actual legitimate art critic. Is there a rule to the types of topics that you're interested in? I'd say there's no rule, but they tend to all be likeQuite political, very often framed around social justice or else they're kind of like slightly taboo topics.

Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as inequality, as complex as grief, or as silly as your probability of correctly guessing today’s Wordle? For data journalist Mona Chalabi, the answer is through data – and drawing. You’ve probably seen Mona’s illustrations on the internet. She’s known for interpreting data in a way that makes you GET it. In today’s episode, she explains how anyone could use analysis to answer their most personal questions – from whether or not to have a breakup to how many friends you should have. For the text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts