> The number may be BS or unscientific > but a number says you measured it somehow Okay so it may be BS, but at least it's measured somehow, where somehow may

> The number may be BS or unscientific > but a number says you measured it somehow Okay so it may be BS, but at least it's measured somehow, where somehow may include pulling it entirely out of your ass. But indeed this is key: > Companies are driven by numbers and manager bonuses are driven by the numbers their team produces Those numbers may be bullshit as well, but there's already a cult around them and you demonstrate belonging to the tribe by flinging around numbers just like they do.