Ryan Sean Adams

So to your point, yeah, the metrics are imperfect.

There's a portability trade-off basically, right?

And so if somebody asks me about a movie, rather than give them a commentary, I can just say, well, it got 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.

And it's much easier.

It's much easier to display in a UI for Netflix too, rating all the movies and they can say, oh, this one got 42% and this one got 89%.

Now, could you talk about the second there?

So that's portability.

The second flaw in metrics and scoring that you identify, and this is a big theme in your book, is value capture.

So what is that?

Talk about that.

I laughed because I think that's so true, actually.

I think that there's some psychological benefit to considering how well you're doing in your podcast, let's say, or in your social media feed by the number of likes or downloads that you get.

Or one example, and I think part of the reason that I was excited to have you on is because crypto is very much, we deal in the world of concrete points and numbers.

right?

Finance in general, net worth.

It's very easy for people in finance and crypto to just outsource their value to what's their net worth score.

And they can check this in an app on their phone.

And, you know, they either feel good or bad depending on the day and what that number says.

And it's so much easier than actually confronting

the real challenges in your life or in building up your own unique set of values because this is just what society hands to you.