Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy
Idea to Value
AUGUST 10, 2021
Soviet Union planners wanting to increase production of iron nails, so telling factories to produce as many nails as possible. Wells Fargo employees were under pressure to cross sell as many new accounts as possible. Goodhart’s Law: To meet their quotas, the employees just created new accounts without the customers knowing.
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