Balancing perspectives on facts and statistics

The speaker examines the balance between disregarding facts and having blind faith in statistics, advocating for a pragmatic approach that recognizes the history and politics behind statistics. They caution against a Trumpian dismissal of facts while also warning against a Steven Pinker-like belief in objective facts as indisputable truths. The speaker argues that statistics are not objective but influenced by political agendas, emphasizing the importance of measuring society and the economy for the left.