Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts

"Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" was written on a sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton.

The driving forces for abundance are rarely countable: family relationships, friendship (not measured by social media interactions), peace, joy, confidence, hope, knowledge.

On the other hand counting square feet, cylinders, extracurricular activities/children's GPAs, and IQs are countable but usually don't matter.

What are you counting? And does it count?

 

 

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