> Instagram and WhatsApp are anomalies. To try and find general tendencies, we should try and cite the typical story, not a three sigma exception case. The Ins

> Instagram and WhatsApp are anomalies. To try and find general tendencies, we should try and cite the typical story, not a three sigma exception case. The Instagram and WhatsApp example keeps coming up like clockwork in various contexts. A recent discussion that I recall: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22471355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22471355 > If your incentive system rewards hiring over results, expect headcount to grow... Goodhart's Law in action? "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17320640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17320640