cover of episode Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"

Rationally Speaking #240 - David Manheim on "Goodhart's Law and why metrics fail"

2019/9/17
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If you want to understand why things go wrong in business, government, education, psychology, AI, and more, you need to know Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to become a good measure." In this episode, decision theorist David Manheim explains the dynamics behind Goodhart's Law and some potential solutions to it.