• hauntingspectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I would argue that over specification and the need to categorize everything into smaller and smaller groups, while useful in a scientific sense, is less useful in a sociological sense.

      Now, is that what that user intended? Fuck if I know.

    • Terkrockerfeller [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      The attempt to quantify everything to more easily commodify it (trying to objectively measure abstract things like happiness, for example)

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Measurement is the first step in the process of commodifying the commons