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As somebody who has worked in a "data driven" environment, I look forward to health departments re-discovering Goodhart's Law [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org
by georgeburdell 6y ago
As somebody who has worked in a "data driven" environment,
I look forward to health departments re-discovering Goodhart's Law [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- mbreese 6y agoIn this case though, I think it’s okay to have the measure be the target. If people can self-regulate their behavior to fit a certain rate of infection, what’s wrong with that? (Not to mention the infection rate is a really lagging indicator)
- panzagl 6y agoWell, the metric is really no reported deaths...