Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social Mau SteffenPaperback / softback
Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social Mau SteffenPaperback / softback In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness…
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Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social Mau SteffenPaperback / softback
In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated.In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives.
The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has changed profoundly our perception of value and status. While the original intention behind the drive to quantify may have been to build trust and transparency, Mau shows how metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded significantly - we can now
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