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“Not everything that counts can be counted”
My high school environmental science teacher.
Oh this is a great one. I was once in a job, where we were introduced to a new system that was designed to count successes. The problem was, that it was a job where we worked with people and everything we did couldn't be quantified. The new system only put value on what could be counted so 80% of our work became invisible and "worthless". Great times.
Also check out the book "seeing like a state" if you want a whole book version of that quote, including examples in forestry, city design and education.
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