Day 1,174: wonk

As the NEC's deputy for domestic policy issues, Sperling has functioned as both policy wonk and political guru.

Artwork of the day 
Cave Dwellings (near Sperlinga), Sicily
M.C. Escher
Date: 1933
Style: Realism
Genre: landscape

Word of the day 
wonk: a person who works or studies too much, especially someone who learns and knows all the details about something

Quote of the day
“the next darwin is more likely to be a data wonk than a naturalist wandering through an exotic landscape”
― David Weinberger, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room