The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy by David Boyle

The Tyranny of Numbers: Why Counting Can't Make Us Happy

David Boyle

256 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction economics mathematics informative slow-paced
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Too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measured. We count people, but not individuals. We count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of poverty. The government has set itself 10,000 new targets. Politicians...

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