hikingsimulator

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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
Absence of metrics would be shortsighted. Metrics with a purpose other than surveillance and budget would be good. However, most metrics I have encountered and helped impleme t in the past, especially in the finance industry, fall in that c
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
A bit of a segue, but this management by metrics goes beyond just revenue. KPI, KRI, KCI, etc. Truly a heap of metrics that eat out the time of middle management, and consequently of the people down the hierarchical pyramid. It over-allocat
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
Fire brigades didn't stand by idly studying from the 17th century until now to act against fires. Ethics is an old field, and also one that's been applied for a long time. It changed too. For the better even -- since social Darwin
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
Except social sciences aren't 'purely' theoretical. It's why it's sometimes called human science. There is a prominent human, and humane, part to it. It's a study of the human condition to some extent and it ca
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
My thought exactly.
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
I hope they are. You would not want a fire brigade that's only theoretical about putting fires out. It seems that the occurrence of people who bemoan that social scientists are activists, that they are not supposed to actually develop
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by hikingsimulator 6y ago
This would be terrible for research. You would be throwing away so-called pure endeavours. Where would pure math fit in your vision? Homotopy Type Theory would be a no-go for instance. Market forces are not and can't be the start and e