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Episode 303: Measure This
Episode 303

Episode 303: Measure This

Very Bad Wizards · david pizarro

February 25, 20251h 26mExplicit

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Show Notes

Everyone knows Tamler hates numbers but he's not the only one who worries about them. We talk about the philosopher C. Thi Nguyen's excellent paper "Value Capture" which examines how the ever-increasing presence of metrics, data, indicators, rankings, and other forms quantification shape our values as individuals and institutions. Plus, VBW Does Conceptual Analysis – we're on to the 'S' words now: smug.

Nguyen, C. T. (2024). Value capture. J. Ethics & Soc. Phil., 27, 469.