Chapter 7 Make Data the Language

Data Creates Not Only Information but the Shared Grammar for Acting on It

CHAPTER GUIDE

   Data as Language

   Data as a Roadmap to Collaboration

   Data Stewardship: The Human Genome Project

   Data Networks Propel Taiwan’s COVID-19 Response

   Ten Ways Bridgebuilders Can Create Shared Grammar through Data

In February 2020, Johns Hopkins University researcher Beth Blauer was planning a trip to India and Israel. As she was sketching out her itinerary, however, she began seeing multiple reports of individuals ending up in hospital with dry coughs and sore throats—indications that a new virus might be spreading very fast. Given the reports, Blauer decided to stay home and focus instead on this new “flu.” ...

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