1889 || the tyranny of metrics
The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhar...
30 Okt 11min
1888 || when the measure becomes the target
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s LawWe're not cogs in a machine. We are so much more than that. When we put all the emphasis on metrics (the way we measu...
29 Okt 11min
1887 || bossware: is your company spying on you 24/7?
According to Ronan Farrow, over 70% of employers use some form of digital monitoring. They rank you against your coworkers and flag you if they deem you as unproductive. They track your locations even...
28 Okt 11min
1886 || avarice (the greed is limitless)
"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will lead the fly to the glue-pot." - Karl Marx, Economic and Phi...
26 Okt 8min
another argument against billionaires
Today is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene and violent. You cannot be an ethical billionaire. It's time w...
25 Okt 9min
the case against billionaires
Today is a re-release of an old episode, I'll be back Monday with the follow up to the Karl Marx series. The inequality crisis is obscene and violent. You cannot be an ethical billionaire. It's time w...
24 Okt 10min
1885 || money reduces everything to a need for more money
"Every product is a bait with which to seduce away the other’s very being, his money; every real and possible need is a weakness which will lead the fly to the glue-pot." - Karl Marx, Economic and Phi...
23 Okt 10min
1884 || Karoshi
We’ve been strategically stripped of our ability to relax, which has taken away our ability to create, and most of us have completely forgotten how to have fun and goof off and play. Without our abili...
22 Okt 10min
