Homo existimatus, adverse time and sense of measure

Abstract

Measurement and evaluation are the imperative of our time. While some scholars argue that the need to quantify every human activity has become an obsession, they talk about the "tyranny of evaluation", others argue that the issue does not only concern the educational-formative and economic-field company where the two processes find natural location, but aspects of life, relationships, working hours, miles traveled, like received, leisure, etc. They push to quantify every human activity. The contribution focuses on an aspect of the theme little investigated, that is the condition of man as Homo existimatus,  and moves from two questions: what is the unit of measure of humanity and whether measuring and measuring is needed to feel existing or to improve. Questions useful for pedagogical reflection and to guide the educational-formative process of future generations.