Editing 2899: Goodhart's Law
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The title text imagines this '''poorly-designed implementation''', leading to the creation of a new metric (metric changes per hour) and the organization identifying — and ''replacing'' — hundreds of metrics per hour, crowding out actual focus on the organization's true goals. It's the ultimate example of "change for change's sake." | The title text imagines this '''poorly-designed implementation''', leading to the creation of a new metric (metric changes per hour) and the organization identifying — and ''replacing'' — hundreds of metrics per hour, crowding out actual focus on the organization's true goals. It's the ultimate example of "change for change's sake." | ||
− | Part of the joke is that White Hat's original suggestion — the new metric causing the issue and | + | Part of the joke is that White Hat's original suggestion — the new metric causing the issue and that ''should'' be replaced — seems to be ironically surviving the replacement of hundreds of other metrics. |
This comic illustrates that the thoughtless combination of Goodhart's Law and poorly designed incentives can have ruinous results for an organization. | This comic illustrates that the thoughtless combination of Goodhart's Law and poorly designed incentives can have ruinous results for an organization. |