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Complex systems & second-order effects (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Goodheart's Law

Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Goodheart's law is one that we have discussed on the podcast. It has origins in a couple of different places. We create some projects because we are choosing proxies for goals themselves.

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