nodimetotie@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTIL The Goodhart's Law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1207arrow-down1message-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 · 9 months agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremild_deviation@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·9 months 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.