Analytics in Government

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(06-29-2018, 02:27 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am thinking that it would be a chance for the government to address some of the reasons behind low test scores for African Americans.

Analytics would address underfunded school systems and other socioeconomic issues instead of saying "blacks are just an inferior race".

But there would be many unpopular decisions.  For example men are the most violent and criminal demographic group.  The difference between men and women in violent crime rate is much larger than the difference between any two races.  So a lot of white guys who like to point at the issue of high crime races would not be pleased with steps taken to address the crime rate of their sex.

Except in a sports analytic world, they will tell you what you need to work on, and even give you some help, but it's on you to put in the work to make yourself improve. (See Dalton going to that guy in the offseason to improve his deep throws).


Yeah, men being the source of a large majority of violent crime is another reason why analytics simply wouldn't work for running a government.

Or the abundance of HIV in the gay community.

Or the abundance of drug use in poor communities. (Illegal Substance suspensions?)



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Either way you slice it, running a government based off of stats like a highly analytical sports team probably doesn't really work and there would likely be very few people who would be happy in the end... except maybe straight upper-middle-class Asian American women. Lol