Today, in our society, in economics, and in finance, we place far too much trust in numbers. Numbers are not reality . At best, they are a pale reflection of reality. At worst, they’re a gross distortion of the truths we seek to measure. But the damage doesn’t stop there. Not only do we rely too heavily on historic economic and market data; our opt

It’s a pivotal instrument to confront the multitude of challenges, tiny and towering, urgent and slow-burning, local and global, facing people, communities, society, and future generations in the twilight of industrial era capitalism.