Journal 19: Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths and weaknesses are hard to measure because there are no agreed unit for strengths and weaknesses because we don't know how to measure skills. Although skill is not objective, the best we could do it calculate by efficiency. For example, a person that can perform a task in 5 hours compared to a person that can perform a task in 10 hours is by this scale two times more skilled. However, the tricky part is also quality over quantity. There are qualities in performing a task rather than just the speed of performing a task. One can perform a task five times in a minute with 50% work and another can perform three times with 100% perfection in a minute. This is hard to calculate because we need to consider the impact of quality and the impact of speed and how to weigh each portion in assessing one's skill. For example, wrapping a box can be crappy quality because quantity matters a whole lot more while manufacturing a car requires quality over quantity. One might choose a Lambourghini instead of ten Toyotas. In another scenario, one might choose ten ugly boxes rather than one decorated boxes with a red ribbon over it.