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The Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Metric Society on the Quantification of the Social

By Steffen Mau

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About the book

In today's world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this important new book, Steffen Mau offers a critical analysis of this increasingly pervasive phenomenon. While the original in...Show more

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ISBN

9781509530410

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2019

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