I’m very skeptical about whether this is achievable. I’d love if “deep” coverage about mundane events were available, especially on dimensions that are usually hidden due to privacy and social norms (age and intoxication levels of drivers, for instance, and type and safety rating of vehicles involved). This would let me update more reasonably for my personal decisions.
I’m even more skeptical that any reporting agency can get the balance right for making “attention given” match “statistical importance”. Not only are the incentives wrong (because that’s not what readers are willing to read, even if it were free), it would have to err in the other direction to overcome human tendency to overweight outliers and “interesting” events.
I’m very skeptical about whether this is achievable. I’d love if “deep” coverage about mundane events were available, especially on dimensions that are usually hidden due to privacy and social norms (age and intoxication levels of drivers, for instance, and type and safety rating of vehicles involved). This would let me update more reasonably for my personal decisions.
I’m even more skeptical that any reporting agency can get the balance right for making “attention given” match “statistical importance”. Not only are the incentives wrong (because that’s not what readers are willing to read, even if it were free), it would have to err in the other direction to overcome human tendency to overweight outliers and “interesting” events.