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cowlevel • yesterday at 7:18 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

Goodhart's law: whatever you measure will improve. And the measurement is money extraction.


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jonny2811 • yesterday at 1:04 PM

any measurement that becomes a target ceases to be a useful measurement*

optimalsolver • yesterday at 1:40 PM

That's not the definition of Goodhart's law. That's the opposite of Goodhart's law, in fact.

palata • yesterday at 1:36 PM

Is there a law that says "whenever something is profitable, people attracted to money will come for the money". And obviously, the best way to make money is not to build good tech.

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