What we miss when we focus on the average, Am I Normal with Mona Chalabi

Its tempting to focus on averages when we think about data, but the world is a lot messier than those numbers can make it out to be. So what could we gain if we shifted our attention to the outliers in the data, or as data journalist Mona Chalabi likes to call them, the lost birds Want to hear more from Mona Check out her podcast Am I Normal with Mona Chalabi, from the TED Audio Collective. Want to hear more from Mona Follow Am I Normal on Apple Podcasts: Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You re welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these id