I’ve referenced this post a few times a very good and concrete example of Goodhart’s law, that felt like it both illustrated the costs, while also showing the actual (usually good) reasons for why people put metrics in place in the first place.
I’ve referenced this post a few times a very good and concrete example of Goodhart’s law, that felt like it both illustrated the costs, while also showing the actual (usually good) reasons for why people put metrics in place in the first place.