How could a data scientist/engineer/analyst help society?

Question

Is it possible to a professional of the data universe to help society/earth/environment somehow? I love my craft but I'm sick of my job, so I'd like to do something better than making rich people richer.

manx · Accepted Answer

You can try to help making better decisions, e.g. citizen participation in policy making.One example project is Polis (https://pol.is), which is used by the government in Taiwan. They wrote a nice paper about their approach (https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/recerca/article/view...). Maybe find ways to improve the idea? Or something completely different?

wrink · Answer

MRNA technology R&D is a data problem (to my limited understanding)

afarviral · Answer

Demonstrate the effectiveness of vaccines or other medical interventions that are difficult to understand and often shrouded in mystery. If your findings support their use it could save lives if it gives people the confidence to take those interventions.