Choosing your metrics, KPIs, etc...

how to measure what matters + philosophical musings on whether the important things can be measured

But ambiguity, taste, meaning, value, these remain hard to attain within the hierarchy of verifiability. “Intelligence” races ahead wherever the rewards are liquid and the outcome is easy to check, but it lags at the edges: in murky context, slow feedback, or spaces where the answer is more felt than measured.

While it’s tempting to believe a model... See more

Market of words

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listen for truths that language cannot name

It’s wild that some mid level PM is making design tweaks for “retention” and ends up completely tearing the entire fabric of our society into a downward spiral of gamified virtual hot people musical chairs. “What if we added a bursting emoji heart?!” = Birthrates fall to zero

John Fio x.com

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The Tyranny of Numbers - By Thomas J Bevan - The Commonplace

Thomas Bevan thomasjbevan.substack.com

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People who insist that every product decision should be metrics-driven would also have to logically admit that theirs will be the first job to get automated by AI.

Shreyas Doshi x.com

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aura = body

Algorithmic Blindspots - David Perell

David Perell perell.com

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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

Douglas W. Hubbard • 6 highlights

amazon.com

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Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition

Charles Eisenstein • 5 highlights

amazon.com

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From Andy Barnes: The idea that all of the world should be measured in dollars to stockholders is actually a relatively new idea. It used to be that we thought that businesses had their purpose. Your purpose was to be making newspapers or fountain pens or whatever. And now we act as though the only purpose of a... See more

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