周子愉 Fausto Chou on Nostr: In a utilitarian society, we tend to quantify everything. Quantification gives us a ...

In a utilitarian society, we tend to quantify everything. Quantification gives us a sense of security by making the intangible tangible. However, this approach overlooks the fact that emotions—what I like to call feelings—cannot be fully expressed through quantification. Often, we can’t even find the right words for qualitative expressions of these emotions. Out of unfamiliarity or insecurity, we choose to suppress them instead.