Fictional characters make for really good role models purely because they they embody an ideal that is largely unobtainable, which is easy when the hero always needs to win by the end of the episode. That being said, any decent critique of TNG in relation to Picard would have to admit that Picard is both overly idealistic and pragmatic to a fault. But the medium is its own worst critic: there are numerous episodes where Picard skirting what are essentially his own ideals is challenged.

WWPD?

Data is too logical. I always prefer Geordi because he just figured shit out and made it work.

Data didn't really do much, he was just there as a foil to other characters. He was basically Scooby Doo (Wesley was Scrappy).

Contrast to TOS where Spock was a fully developed character and an equal participant in the Kirk-McCoy-Spock trinity.

WWQD?

Words to live by.