The real wisdom here isn't simply that we value immeasurable things—it's that our obsession with measurement actively *destroys* our ability to recognize what matters. A parent might track their child's test scores meticulously while missing the unmeasurable shift in confidence during a single conversation; a company can count employee retention rates while the actual bonds of trust—which determine whether people stay—slip away unmeasured and unnoticed. Cameron's point cuts deeper than "some things are intangible"; he's warning us that the countable things seduce us into thinking they're important, stealing our attention from what actually shapes our lives.