How Governments Use Data and How to Stop Them

As a collective we must understand that democracy can only exist in a society with an educated populace, and the right for self-governance can only be obtained through knowledge. When a society embraces ignorance and forfeits its right to control its destiny, it has succumbed to apathy and can only deteriorate.

This is from an interesting article on chycho.com called Anomalies, Prisons, and Geophysics: How Governments Use Data and How to Stop Them

(Hat tip to Bella Ciao)