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The Problem with Eating and Moving by Numbers

Over-quantifying eating and movement replaces instincts with numbers, enabling eating-disorder rules and patronizing moralizing; reversing requires rebuilding bodily self-knowledge.

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3 months ago

Your life, scored: How metrics warp your sense of meaning

An unfortunate side effect of reading philosopher C. Thi Nguyen's latest book, The Score, is noticing how much sway metrics hold over you. I say "unfortunate" not because the realization is unwelcome, quite the opposite, but because you'll find yourself taking account of the numerical scrum in your life. And that exercise gets unnerving fast. KPIs, BMIs, OKRs, credit scores, savings rates, social media likes, screen time, steps walked, hours worked, hours slept,

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fromPsychology Today

8 months ago

At Its Best, Decision-Making Is an Art as Well as a Science

Rational Choice Theory's reliance on quantification can be misleading; decision-making requires qualitative judgment and an artful balance with quantitative analysis.

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The Problem with Eating and Moving by Numbers

Your life, scored: How metrics warp your sense of meaning

At Its Best, Decision-Making Is an Art as Well as a Science

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