About this episode

The episode discusses the limitations of metrics in capturing what is truly important in our lives.

Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what’s truly important. This story was written by Bryan Gardiner and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com. Listen to more of the world's best journalism on the Noa app.

People in this episode

Host: Noa

Topics covered

• metrics
• philosophy
• data
• quantification
• importance

Keywords

• metrics
• quantifying
• philosopher
• data
• importance

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Organizations: MIT Technology Review, newsoveraudio.com

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