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"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_la
by test1235 6y ago
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- FeepingCreature 6y agoWhat if it's a bad measure to begin with, ie. anticorrelated with quality? Does it become (technically) better by being gamed?
- ptx 6y agoIsn't it essentially a good measure then, just accidentally flipped around? Just flip it around and it's good. A truly bad measure would be something like measuring the volume of coffee in my cup to determine the health of the economy. If I make up fake numbers, or pour some coffee out to change the measurements, that doesn't make my measurements any more insightful in regard to the economy.