Numbing numbers, obscuring ourselves-frm the nyt

Apt description. Gd article. This shld be specifically use to remind engrs perhaps. Stereotype here but it's exactly what is happening in the society, my circle at least.
Extracts:-
Numbers make intangibles tangible. Wisdom, judgement n expertise. They give an illusion of control. We want to quantify everything to ground a decision. Numbers become not just part of the way we judge and assess but the only way.

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