No matter where you look on the internet, chances are you'll come across a chart reinforcing what the author was trying to say. They are a great way for the brain to visualize vast amounts of information while taking up relatively little space on the page.
William Playfair a Scotchman created a lot of brief case carrying jobs when he invented graphs and pies many years ago but the true marriage was the computer and charts. . . . . . . there's nothing like a barrage of charts to influence your thinking from governments, political parties, financial institutions, stock market analysts, and climate scientists but if you don't agree with them just fire back with your own charts . . . . without computers, sending charts and graphs back and forth through the mail wouldn't be that wide spread with the taste of glue and all.
It does create jobs, shuffling information back and forth, but is anything truly productive being accomplished.
William Playfair a Scotchman created a lot of brief case carrying jobs when he invented graphs and pies many years ago but the true marriage was the computer and charts. . . . . . . there's nothing like a barrage of charts to influence your thinking from governments, political parties, financial institutions, stock market analysts, and climate scientists but if you don't agree with them just fire back with your own charts . . . . without computers, sending charts and graphs back and forth through the mail wouldn't be that wide spread with the taste of glue and all.
It does create jobs, shuffling information back and forth, but is anything truly productive being accomplished.