## Metadata * URL: [https://www.gawker.com/media/the-erotics-of-infographics](https://www.gawker.com/media/the-erotics-of-infographics) * Published Date: 2022-06-27 ## Highlights * through the promise of uncovering insights, this worldview imbues data and data-driven analysis with powers that are fundamentally unfounded. * “Data is the new oil” is much too reductive, but it gets one thing right: at the end of the day, much of the obsessive interest in data lies in its monetization. * reveal what an infographic is really communicating.