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+"In the paper Harnessing the Economic and Social Power of Data presented at "
+"the New Zealand Data Futures Forum in 2014,<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id="
+"\"0\"/> Figure.NZ founder Lillian Grace said there are thousands of valuable "
+"and relevant data sets freely available to us right now, but most people "
+"don’t use them. She used to think this meant people didn’t care about being "
+"informed, but she’s come to see that she was wrong. Almost everyone wants to "
+"be informed about issues that matter—not only to them, but also to their "
+"families, their communities, their businesses, and their country. But "
+"there’s a big difference between availability and accessibility of "
+"information. Data is spread across thousands of sites and is held within "
+"databases and spreadsheets that require both time and skill to engage with. "
+"To use data when making a decision, you have to know what specific question "
+"to ask, identify a source that has collected the data, and manipulate "
+"complex tools to extract and visualize the information within the data set. "
+"Lillian established Figure.NZ to make data truly accessible to all, with a "
+"specific focus on New Zealand."
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