Sridhar Vembu

This book delves into the rise of quantifying human performance and how it's impacting various institutions. Jerry Muller explains how this fixation on measuring itself is becoming a "tyranny of metrics" that threatens the quality of our lives. While metrics can be beneficial when used correctly, Muller uncovers the damage it's causing in areas such as education, medicine, business, and government. The book includes examples of why paying for measured performance doesn't work and when metrics can be beneficial. The Tyranny of Metrics is a timely and powerful book that provides readers with a checklist of when and how to use metrics.