Top of mind
Stretching the map will get you lost
If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.
— Yogi Berra
It seems that I’m making a habit of deconstructing charts of market analyses that lend themselves to mis-interpretation. The data may real, the calculations may be right, the fine print may be honest, and the presentation may be free from puffery. Yet a plot without context may still mislead. Here’s one. 
The post that set me off didn’t intend to mislead, but a chart travels without its author.
Automated cite checking: so simple, even a lawyer can code it
Well, rough around the edges, but still.
Secret Agents
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
— Arthur C. Clarke, (1973) Profiles of the future: an inquiry into the limits of the possible (Rev. ed.)