Understanding Data and Long COVID

The speaker shares their passion for data and its storytelling power, illustrating how data can convey complex narratives. They recount their personal journey with long COVID, using data to track symptoms and share their experience through a visual op-ed. The speaker emphasizes the importance of focusing on progress and hope, using brain retraining techniques to aid recovery. They conclude with a broader message about the impact of data on perception and personal growth.

What is the speaker's main passion that they use in their design practice?

• Art

• Music

• Literature

• Data

How did the speaker use data to communicate with a friend?

• Via phone calls

• By writing letters

• Through emails

• Using data as a language

What chronic condition does the speaker discuss in their journey?

• Arthritis

• Asthma

• Long COVID

• Diabetes

What was the purpose of the speaker's visual op-ed in The New York Times?

• To advertise a product

• To share their long COVID journey

• To discuss a political issue

• To promote a new book

What did the speaker hope to achieve by sharing their data with others?

• To gain fame

• To help others understand long COVID

• To sell their data

• To win an award

What new approach did the speaker adopt to aid their recovery?

• Ignoring symptoms

• Consulting more doctors

• Brain retraining and positive data collection

• Taking more medication

What principle does the speaker's new approach to recovery rely on?

• Astrology

• Neuroplasticity

• Homeopathy

• Acupuncture

What did the speaker stop using as part of their new approach to recovery?

• Their smartphone

• Their smartwatch

• Their laptop

• Their television

What does the speaker believe shapes who we become?

• The data we focus on

• Our social status

• Our education

• Our wealth

What is the speaker's ultimate hope for their recovery?

• To return to their pre-COVID self

• To become famous

• To start a new career

• To write a book