26 Reasons Why We Need Community Indicators

I came across a terrific justification for a community to maintain a set of indicators based upon data that has been collected under scientific rigor.

You see, we humans are prone to cognitive bias. Because we have brains that work the way they do, we can make the wrong choices believing they are the best of all possible ones. As this site explains, what we think is right, might well be wrong.

Because we are human, we seem to need objective references points to avoid what we humans naturally do. This says nothing about any individual's intentions, beliefs, or political affiliation.

It's very human for any leader to listen to his gut. But we're wise if we maintain some validating data to confirm what the living entrails suggest. Community Indicators are that kind of data.