All valid points. Of course though, you can't rail against metrics as a whole. We all use them every day and always will.
We don't personally verify a financial advisor is a genius, we look at their annual rate of return.
We trust that if unit tests fail, code isn't good.
We trust the SATs, which are a better and more scalable and fair measure of aptitude than any group of humans I could imagine.
The piece rails against metrics, which often backfire, but doesn't even mention the alternative (trust those in power make any choice they desire with no justification) which also is often abused.
We don't personally verify a financial advisor is a genius, we look at their annual rate of return.
We trust that if unit tests fail, code isn't good.
We trust the SATs, which are a better and more scalable and fair measure of aptitude than any group of humans I could imagine.
The piece rails against metrics, which often backfire, but doesn't even mention the alternative (trust those in power make any choice they desire with no justification) which also is often abused.