Show Notes
The focus on getting a high score actually distorts what we're scoring. The problem is not measurement, but a fixation on it
"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." - Goodhart’s Law
The sources: Jerry Z. Muller's The Tyranny of Metrics. Grading is ineffective (Medium Post) (YouTube) Can Metrics Destroy Societies? Well's Fargo Scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Taylorism More Perfect Union's expose on spyware at work. Ronan Farrow's "Bossware" video
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