GDP at the national level, profits/ROI at the corporate level… all of it overly reductive of the human souls that each grind down and spit out for some mythical idea of “growth”. Cancers grow. The bellies of ticks and mosquitoes grow with the blood they suck.

I totally agree with you Umair! Some may clack back with “yeah but how do we quantify eudaimonia?”. We don’t. Fuck your data and spreadsheets and graphs. I say this as an IT data specialist. Data can’t possibly capture the human spirit. Believe me, I’ve tried. I’ve peered and tinkered with those data systems. There’s nothing human about them. The human heart can only be felt. Let’s feel it and do better!