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Measurements (Necrocene)
Measured Outcomes
🦠 Necrocene
🔮 Sustainability Theorems
A cross-domain analysis of Political, Economic, Cultural, and Ecological theories.
Political Theory
Engagement
Economic Theory
Material Benefits
Cultural Theory
Assimilation
Ecological Theory
Belief
The Validation Metrics: Quantifying the system's "success" on its own terms.
📑 Observations
Establishing a triage containing observations of social experience.
🪞 Self-Enquiry
Why do we measure success through metrics like Engagement and Material Benefits, and what does this focus cause us to overlook or sacrifice in terms of well-being, meaning, and authentic Belief?
🩺 Diagnosis Questions
1. Are metrics gamed to show false success?
2. Do measurements reflect well-being or mere activity?
3. Is assimilation forced rather than voluntary?
Related Variables
- GDP vs. genuine progress indicator
- Social mobility statistics
- Cultural assimilation rates
"Our precision strikes have an unprecedented terrorist-to-civilian ratio."
🩻 Targeted Organ
The Mirror
Capacity for Self-Awarenes
🧾 Rationale
To validate the operation using metrics that obscure the humanitarian catastrophe.
💉 Extraction/Cultivation
Counting "terrorists killed" while ignoring civilian deaths; measuring "restraint" by bombs not dropped.
😷 Defense/Propagation
Quantitative Rigor: Hiding ethical bankruptcy behind body counts and military metrics.
❌ Tetrad Analysis
- Object of Perception: Success / Value
- ENHANCES: Quantifiable outputs; gaming of metrics; illusion of progress
- OBSOLESCES: Qualitative experience; well-being; ecological health; meaningful goals
- RETRIEVES: Pharaonic tomb-building mentality where monuments matter more than people
- REVERSES INTO: Metrics become completely detached from reality they purport to measure
📝 Partial Diagnosis
Vanity Metrics: Outcomes like engagement, material benefits, assimilation, and belief are tracked to validate system performance while masking dysfunction.
⚗️ Research Repository
🔮 Engagement Circle
🧊 Life Course
🎓 Case Study
Social Media Engagement Metrics (2004-present)
The development of likes, shares, comments, and engagement rates as primary measurements demonstrates how platforms reduce human interaction to quantified engagement, driving behavioral modification and belief formation through algorithmic feedback loops.
Sources: Oxford Internet Institute | Center for Humane Technology | Data & Society Research Institute
📚 Literature
"The Tyranny of Metrics" by Jerry Muller (2018)
Muller's critique of how quantification and measurement systems distort human behavior and social institutions, forcing complex realities into simplified metrics that serve power rather than truth.
