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Kelly Corrigan Wonders

The Great Quantification

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

We could easily slip into a reality where everything about us is reflected back in numbers. Our weight. Our steps. Our likes. Our follows and bank accounts and the square footage of our homes. But that’s not who we are. Here’s a reminder for all of us and everyone we love to turn away from “The Great Quantification”.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kelly, and at the end of every week, I like to share something true and useful,

0:08.9

something I stumbled over that gave me a burst of optimism, something you can share with

0:12.7

friends like an audio greeting card, something to help us all keep our eyes on what's working

0:19.4

and what could be.

0:20.6

So, I'll be right back with this week's For The Good of the Order.

0:24.8

This is Kelly Corgan Wonders.

0:30.0

Today's For The Good of the Order is a piece I wrote a few years back about creativity

0:39.5

and output and quantification.

0:43.1

My husband, who excused himself from all social media about a year ago, got up dreadfully

0:48.1

early today to ride bikes with some guys in the neighborhood.

0:51.8

My teenagers were sleeping in.

0:54.6

In a quiet house, the morning light yet to come, a cup of coffee in one hand, and an iPhone

0:59.2

in the other, I began the new day.

1:02.3

There were numbers to check.

1:04.9

Total downloads on podcast episodes, total five star ratings, likes on an Instagram post,

1:10.4

page views on a new website, likes, comments and shares on my last Facebook post, claps

1:15.6

on a recent medium post, comments on a LinkedIn post, newsletter subscribers added and dropped,

1:21.8

open rates on Monday's newsletter, hearts on Twitter, and this is to say nothing of the

1:27.0

scale.

1:28.9

Am I looking for in those numbers?

1:31.6

The truth is, a lot of times what I put out, I feel good about.

1:35.3

I feel sure that people will like it and will find it useful.

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