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The inevitable weakness of metrics

In Machines We Trust by MIT Technology Review

Aug 5, 202620:34Technology

Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what’s truly important. This story was written by Bryan Gardiner and narrated by Noa...

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The inevitable weakness of metrics is an episode from In Machines We Trust by MIT Technology Review. Quantifying our lives is easier than it’s ever been. But a philosopher of games warns that external metrics and data can never capture what...

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Published Aug 5, 2026, 20:34 long, audio available.