Comment by willguest

It's there three times, which is partly what triggered the comment, as it came across as something of a theme.

Certainly this article is less dogmatic that many, but I still got the sense that author was using effects like causes.

The less lazy version is to do with treating the metric as the measure. Sure, the quant revolution is in full swing, but it's a terrible way to gauge the success (or failure) of society, and is perhaps a better metric for describing detrimental human activity.

That said, I fully appreciate the author's efforts to break with convention, but I felt that the points made actually give creedence to the system that, in my view, is actively corrupting the values that might get us out of this mess