The Metric System
- The metric system was created to simplify metrology and embody political ideals.
- Today, international standards like those mandated by NIST and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are mostly invisible in our lives.
- Where measurement does intrude is via bureaucracies of various stripes, particularly in education and the workplace
- "Metric fixation" is a ubiquitous concept that pervades not only the private sector but also the less-quantifiable activities of the state, such as healthcare and policing
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