The Value Crisis Glossary


"Quantitative Value System"


A quantitative value system (also known as a number-based value system) is one where value is measured by a quantity - a number.  Because of this, such value systems inherit three core properties of numbers: they are limitless (conceptually, you can always add more value by increasing quantity), they are linear (a larger number is always worth more than a smaller number), and they are consistent (value comparisons and calculations are universal).

Anything that can be counted could be thought of as the potential basis of a quantitative value system - the most common example being money, because it is also theoretically limitless.  A key encapsulation of any quantitative value system is the idea that More is Always Better.

source: Andrew Welch


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