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As qualitative validation all but erodes, the only form of validation left is quantitative. Miles run. Books read. Movies watched. Songs streamed. Beers bought. Fantasy wins. We have turned competition into connection because it’s the only way we’ve learned that we can get attention — and when you see a continuous decline in relationships outside of your phone because spaces continue to disappear, you’ll cling to whatever you can to feel like you belong to a larger world. That’s without taking into account how the platforms themselves use gamifying tactics, preying on emotional and physical impulses and serotonin boosts, to ensure that the little device in our hands connecting us to those competitive blurry faced strangers, feels more important than trying to form quality connections elsewhere. 

The problem with quantifying everything is that we can’t ever rest. Our end state is a growth state…