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Re:Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps by ip26 on Friday July 03, 2020 @02:01PM (#23726075)
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can't measure something, you can't understand it. If you can't understand it, you can't control it. If you can't control it, you can't improve it.”

The quote is specifically about business, but the concept is universal. In the case of this article, Ivan Gayton is interested in controlling disease & improving health. He needs to measure the population to understand the spread of disease.

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Re:Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps by jhardy54 on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:20PM (#23726689)
Yes, but "improve" is often subjective, and systems of surveillance and control take away power from people being surveiled and controlled.
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Re:Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps by IncRnd on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:08PM (#23728081)
> He needs to measure the population to understand the spread of disease.

Not exactly. He _wants_ to measure the population to understand the spread of disease.

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