1. Amit Kohli/
2. Data in the Real World/
3. Every dataset is an argument you didn't write down/

Every dataset is an argument you didn't write down

An M&E framework built in stable democracies quietly encodes what “functioning governance” looks like. Train AI on it and apply it to fragile states - and you’ll confidently defund programs that are working. Your dataset isn’t neutral. It’s an argument about what success means in a particular context, and this video shows what happens when that argument travels somewhere it doesn’t fit.