224 | Edward Tufte on Data, Design, and Truth

<p>So you have some information — how are you going to share it with and present it to the rest of the world? There has been a long history of organizing and displaying information without putting too much thought into it, but Edward Tufte has done an enormous amount to change that. Beginning with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information</em></a>, and continuing to his new book <a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/seeing-with-fresh-eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Seeing With Fresh Eyes: Meaning, Space, Data, Truth</em></a>, Tufte’s works have shaped how we think about charts, graphs, and other forms of presenting data. We talk about information, design, and how thinking about data reflects how we think about the world.</p><p><em>Support Mindscape on&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/seanmcarroll" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Patreon</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Edward Tufte received his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University. He has been a professor of public affairs at Princeton and of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale, where he is currently emeritus professor. He is the founder and owner of Graphics Press, and his books&nbsp;have sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide. He is an active artist and sculptor, as well as a touring lecturer.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Web site</a></li><li><a href="https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/edward-tufte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Yale web page</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Books-Edward-R-Tufte/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AEdward+R.+Tufte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon.com author page</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/EdwardTufte" rel=