Can engineering actually help us discover real-world characteristics about products that will be meaningful to end users? Or, when we incorporate quantitative data, do we mostly run the risk of having that data leading people astray? To lay out the concerns, stakes, and potential rewards, Jonathan Ellsworth talks with Thomas Laakso, the vice president of product and operations at DPS Skis, and Dr. Sean Humbert of Blister Labs.

TOPICS & TIMES:

• Will Data Set Us Free? (6:12)
• Variability & Defining Uncertainty (14:05)
• Data & Real-World Applicability (16:58)
• DPS Pagoda Tour Update (29:03)
• Quantifying the User Experience? (34:34)
• Interrogating Engineering (37:42)

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