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"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart's Law [1] - or, originally- "Any observed statistical regularity will tend to co
by pjmorris 12y ago
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart's Law [1]
- or, originally-
"Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes."
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law
- ahomescu1 12y agoSimilar to that one is Campbell's Law: "The more any quantitative social indicator (or even some qualitative indicator) is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor." 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s_law