Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen on Freeing Ourselves from Metrics
January 23, 2026
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Summary
Have you ever achieved a high GPA, crushed your Duolingo streak, or seen a surge of likes on social media… only to feel weirdly empty? Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen attributes that joylessness to what he calls “value capture,” where rankings and metrics can replace our own values and start dictating goals for us. We talk to Nguyen about the difference between playful score keeping… and soul-sucking metrics. And we want to hear from you: Have you ever found yourself playing a game you didn’t choose?
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C. Thi Nguyen, philosopher; author, “The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game”
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