Choose to be Curious Curiosity to Go, Ep. 46: Anything Else?
Feb 6, 2019
Explore how curiosity can drive equitable governance and improve public health initiatives in Arlington County. Discover the importance of understanding diverse community needs through data science. The discussion also highlights how curiosity influences personal development and decision-making, encouraging everyone to embrace their curious nature for better community engagement. Tune in for insights on harnessing curiosity as a powerful tool for positive change.
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Tailor Government Services with Curiosity
- Government should tailor services to what people need, not treat everyone equally with the same services.
- Use curiosity to find out exactly how programs benefit or burden different populations before making budget decisions.
Broad Data Fuels Equity Initiatives
- Equitable community building benefits from feeding diverse, even tangential, data into curiosity-driven inquiry.
- This helps uncover missing perspectives and insights beyond traditional data channels.
Curiosity in Data Science and Modeling
- Curiosity drives the search for unconventional data to find surrogate signals in complex issues like flu tracking.
- Balancing model fidelity with learning from experience involves questioning how well data represents future realities.