## Metadata - Author: [[modern-data-101|Modern Data 101]] - Full Title:: The Three-Body Problem of Data: Why Analytics, Decisions, & Ops Never Align - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data team vision and mission|Data Team Vision And Mission]], - URL:: https://medium.com/@community_md101/the-three-body-problem-of-data-why-analytics-decisions-ops-never-align-5b428763b33c - Read date:: [[2025-08-02]] ## Highlights > One person’s insight is another person’s background noise. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fc1rj7pvp0rxe1ywkpqprp)) > Excel is not a tool. It’s an emotion. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fc54ap1dpeaagb1m57333z)) >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fc82k2vqwtcgnhs23x0gms)) > **Why should a human even have to call?** That’s where agentic systems change the equation. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fcacbpaydcep88dj1xxvh9)) >  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fcb7fna4thzj2x9e26avxz)) > these apps are not dashboards with a prettier UI. These are **apps with agency**. Built on top of a unified data platform. Containerized. Pluggable. Embedded right into the day-to-day flow. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fccrgy2c3xh44dy7wshwjk)) > *They don’t sit in a separate system. They* ***show up where the action is: right inside the operator’s tool, at the exact moment a decision needs to be made.*** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k1fcd3tj8zgx0nrvqrmrba8f))