How to Go Beyond the Coldness of Numbers and Take Action?
Year: 2024
Type: other
Abstract: This article was written with Nicolas Marescaux, originally in French. Today, our modern life relies largely on numbers. They guide most collective decisions and many individual choices. For Lord Kelvin [1], "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it." In other words, to make a good decision, you must first measure well. But is that enough? IPCC reports have been compiling data and figures for decades, announcing a short-term catastrophe. And yet, nothing happens. "The modern man scor...
Source: OpenEdition (OpenEdition)
DOI: 10.58079/12ggu
Author: Arthur Charpentier
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917866447
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