https://xkcd.com/2899

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[later] I’m pleased to report we’re now identifying and replacing hundreds of outdated metrics per hour.

  • palebluethought@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s wildly under-taught. It explains like half of all problems in the world. Education: “teaching to the test.” Economics: optimizing GDP at the expense of non-material well-being. Maximizing shareholder value by selling out employees and enshittifying your product. Software: “data-driven decision making” optimizing short -term gains over long-term because they are more measurable. That’s just off the top of my head.

    • delaunayisation@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      But how else can the corporate bureaucracy hold its grip on people otherwise? The metrics are as necessary as catehism for catholicism.