Lambda Land

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Goodhart’s Law states that, “when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” A corollary to this that I thought of today is: Only measure that which you are comfortable turning into a target. Some targets are useful, some are not, and they often have unforeseen consequences . So be very careful with what you measure: what you measure easily becomes a target, and what you make a target changes incen…

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