Why do we give up measuring after our condition improves?

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We can see that condition in several methods of measuring sentiment.

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In improving the human condition, Bill Gates wrote in his 2013 Annual Letter of how quantifying goals and measuring performance are increasingly necessary in eradicating disease.

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