Death to the pie chart!
Florence Nightingale did a great many things for the world. Cleaining up hospitals was principle among them. Inventing the pie chart was another. When she first presented the pie chart to the Royal Statistical Society it caused a sensation. Even today, pie charts cause a sensation – usually one of torpour. Information is extremely powerful. Look at any one of a thousand powerpoint slide decks and you will see charts and graphs aplenty outlining everything you could possibly want to know. Unfortunately for the presenter, their audience will instantly...