“We believe that things which can be measured are real, and we ignore those that we don’t know how to measure. So people take intelligence more seriously, because the mental ability we call by that name can be measured by tests; whereas few bother about how sensitive, altruistic or helpful someone is, because as yet there is no good way to measure such qualities. Sometimes this had profound consequences – for instance, in how we define social progress and achievement”
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity Pg 40
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