Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"
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In this episode, decision theorist David Manheim explains the dynamics behind Goodhart's Law ("When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure") and some potential solutions to it.
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