Raw Data By P3 Adaptive
10.13.20
Michael Salfino
Owner, Meadowlands Media Group & Journalist for The Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, The Athletic, & The Independent
Listen Now:This episode features journalist Michael Salfino; who writes for The Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, The Athletic and other top shelf publications. In a spirited and wide-ranging discussion, we cover all of this (and yes, we use the word “multiverse” a few times):
- The statistic that changed Mike’s life
- The wisdom of Einstein and Twain
- The theme of the Hybrid professional resurfaces, this time for Analytics and Communication
- Why your career is a decathlon, and 90th percentile can actually be 99th
- How it’s often better to be LESS informed in your own domain
- Why the courage to improve must be fostered top-down rather than bottom-up
- How analytics might be “ruining” sports (and sports might be bad for compassion)
- Why theory is “over” facts, and facts sometimes should be ignored
- Why Rob thinks predicting political winners is VERY different from predicting sports winners
Here’s some handy dandy links for you:
Michael Salfino’s Twitter
Michael’s article on Data In Politics
Michael’s article on Facial Recognition and Race
Michael’s article on Movie Ratings
