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baxtrlast Friday at 8:20 AM1 replyview on HN

Similarly it’s a choice to ignore all those KPIs that are confounded.

Being pedantic about how we measure progress might create the impression that it’s not about the progress but instead about being right.


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guerrillalast Friday at 8:23 AM

Well, being right is better than being wrong, which is what happens when you claim that GDP as a measure of progress is valid. It simply doesn't measure what matter to the majority of humans, which has been argued endlessly already.