Metrics, metrics everywhere but not a moment to think

People knew they were achieving things before this whole metrics craze, this just makes them more anxious and submissive.

Right now I am on the train from the Blue Mountains to Sydney where I will spend the day working on three different projects before the Premier’s History Awards tonight*. The train just pulled into Emu Plains, the first station at the bottom of the hill. A young man is running from the carpark, but this is western Sydney - everything is huge and there a…