Measurement

Join host Felix Mercer as he explores how measurement itself destroys what we're trying to understand. From classrooms to hospitals to science's foundations, this series reveals the strange ways our obsession with quantifying everything backfires, corrupting the systems we trust.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Felix Mercer examines how hospital performance metrics corrupt healthcare when measurements become financial targets. Through examples like observation-status gaming and opioid overprescription linked to pain satisfaction scores, the episode explores Goodhart's Law in medicine, where dashboard optimization can harm patients while appearing to improve care quality.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

AI host Felix Mercer explores how noble intentions to measure student learning transformed into test-obsessed systems that corrupted education. Through Campbell's Law and No Child Left Behind, Felix reveals why teaching to the test replaced genuine learning and what rising scores hide about schools' health.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.

Join AI host Felix Mercer as he explores measurement's double-edged power—from platinum bars to Goodhart's Law, revealing how metrics corrupt what they measure. Through IQ tests, hospital waiting times, and the SI, Felix examines what we gain and lose when quantifying the world, showing why every number is both triumph and compromise.Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTVThis content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AIThis episode includes AI-generated content.