Again, I don't particularly care about whether this is allowed to exist, I'm just here to laugh at the mindset that lead to it being created. But sure, I can see this being used in harmful ways.
> It seems the project was about analyzing books, not about producing new books. How is that hurting the authors?
"Vivid books are really in this year, we're gonna have to ask that you aim for a Vividness(tm) of 85 or above."
"US books have 15% more adjectives, clearly this is proof of our superior detail-oriented work ethic!"
"What does the rise in Emotion(tm) have to say about the decline of society?"
So if I understand you correctly, you're saying that we should not create "metrics" for anything because said metrics could be misused by clueless people?
> It seems the project was about analyzing books, not about producing new books. How is that hurting the authors?
"Vivid books are really in this year, we're gonna have to ask that you aim for a Vividness(tm) of 85 or above."
"US books have 15% more adjectives, clearly this is proof of our superior detail-oriented work ethic!"
"What does the rise in Emotion(tm) have to say about the decline of society?"