>We have to stop looking at volume-of-stuff as a useful metric. Unfortunately, "volume of stuff" is how governments allocate funding, for stuff like education,

>We have to stop looking at volume-of-stuff as a useful metric. Unfortunately, "volume of stuff" is how governments allocate funding, for stuff like education, healthcare, research, etc Any kind of quality metrics, outside of the free market capitalist "how much profit you made?", will be gamed within a few years to get the same results, for things that aren't designed to turn a profit, since there's no fair and objective metric in that case.