Metrics, of course, aren’t useless. But we need to realize that they don’t account for the human experience. All the experiences we can have throughout everything we do, and how those experiences can affect us and others. We must see them for what they are: gray oversimplified scores that can tell us a little bit, but far from everything. Outside forces can use them to pull us into a scarcity loop that is divorced from reality and our best interests, walking us into places we may not want to be. Then it’s worth occasionally taking a different path. Embracing the gray and wading into
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