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2026-07-19 14:30 UTC
@evdelen@mstdn.ca dangerous to whom, more dangerous than ...
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@evdelen@mstdn.ca 2026-07-19 14:35
@Beatpoet13@mastodon.social He was specifically speaking about GDP, which he had just invented in 1932, but it's broadly applicable to everything. If you reduce a complex problem to a single digit or score, it is convenient in discussions but it masks the real complexity being discussed. Worse, stupid people who ONLY see the score or number and are, at best, ignorant or, at worst, deceitful will use it inappropriately.