nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL The Goodhart's Law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1214file-text
arrow-up1214message-squareTIL The Goodhart's Law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremild_deviation@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoSo the difference is who decides what changes to make when interacting with the subject of the measure: workers vs management. Making the measure a target is basically a shitty management technique that abdicates responsibility.
So the difference is who decides what changes to make when interacting with the subject of the measure: workers vs management. Making the measure a target is basically a shitty management technique that abdicates responsibility.