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Berend van der Kolk Biography

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“Our desire not to be inferior to others in terms of performance, combined with the idea that we can freely choose to go the extra mile, can lead to self-exploitation. We force ourselves to go beyond what is good for us — until we burn out.”

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Book:The Quantified Society: How our obsession with performance measurement shapes the world we live in
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“Ik onderscheid vijf typen indicatorisme: 1. het uitvoeren van makkelijke, indicator verbeterende taken; 2. het vermijden van moeilijke, indicator verslechterende taken; 3. het verbeteren van een indicator voor de korte termijn, ten koste van de langetermijndoelen; 4. het negeren van taken die niet in een indicator zijn opgenomen; 5. het manipuleren of frauderen om een indicator te verbeteren.”

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“I distinguish five types of indicatorism: 1. performing easy, indicator-improving tasks; 2. avoiding difficult, indicator-worsening tasks; 3. improving an indicator for the short term, at the expense of long-term goals; 4. ignoring tasks not covered by an indicator; 5. manipulating or cheating to improve an indicator.”

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“In The Quantified Society, I explore why we measure so much and what this does to us, individually and as a society. I discuss unwanted side effects, such as a blind belief in the objectivity of numbers, but also measurement’s ability to help us focus our attention on something important.”

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