About this episode

This episode explores the impact of scoring on our values and priorities.

We keep score of everything these days. But what happens when the numbers start changing what we actually care about?

People in this episode

Host: Roman Mars

Topics covered

• scoring
• numbers
• values
• society
• change

Keywords

• score
• numbers
• values
• society
• change

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