Brass Standard

Eliot Varn has engineered a stable life.
A good score. A driving permit. A colleague who makes the work work. In a society that measures everything, he knows exactly where he stands.
Then the algorithm recalibrates.
In the name of equality, things are redistributed. What replaces them is equal. It is not equivalent.
Eliot does what engineers do. He runs the numbers.
When every measurement is equalised, what reconciles to the brass standard?