Hex Founder Ben Stancil on Why Analysts Never Get to 'Find Insights' — and Whether AI Changes That
bennstancil · x · 2026-09-08
Hex founder Ben Stancil published a long-form essay on a classic paradox in data analysis: everyone entering the field dreams of asking fun questions and discovering valuable insights, yet professional analysts spend their days reconciling spreadsheets and building dashboards for others, forever telling themselves they'll get to strategic exploration after 'one last project.'
He uses this setup to examine whether the holy grail of 'finding valuable insights' — a goal dating back to when people learned to count — is actually achievable, and what AI might change about it. Full argument in the linked article.
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