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Good question! Goodhart’s Law fits this quite well. :) From Wikipedia: “Goodhart's law is an adage named after economist Charles Goodhart, which has been phras
by alehul 8y ago
Good question! Goodhart’s Law fits this quite well. :)
From Wikipedia: “Goodhart's law is an adage named after economist Charles Goodhart, which has been phrased by Marilyn Strathern as "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." [0]
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law
- dr_dshiv 8y agoYeah, but read his actual papers. Goodhart doesn't actually advocate against using measures. He just shows how measures can be corrupted and presents suggestions on avoiding this