@gdinwiddie [An open access link: https://web.archive.org/web/20100801083400/http://www2.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/homepage/2009/0709/rW_SO_Viewpoints.pdf]
Yes, that article gets more clearly at the same things I was gesturing at with my oblique little koan above. His core point is deep and incisive: it’s desire not for measurement but for •control• that’s at root of many software management problems.