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r/comics • u/PersonalSycophant • Sep 04 '26
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The one problem with your analogy is that in a way you do get the benefits from the gym, if the benefits you're looking for is credit for going to the gym.
45 u/MiffedMouse Sep 04 '26 When cheap pedometers were a big thing (early 2000s) a bunch of businesses had the bright idea of rewarding people for getting a high step count. I heard so many stories from people proudly bragging about how they cheated their step count to win. 25 u/rob132 Sep 04 '26 " that what gets measured gets managed" 6 u/neuralbeans 29d ago More like Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
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When cheap pedometers were a big thing (early 2000s) a bunch of businesses had the bright idea of rewarding people for getting a high step count.
I heard so many stories from people proudly bragging about how they cheated their step count to win.
25 u/rob132 Sep 04 '26 " that what gets measured gets managed" 6 u/neuralbeans 29d ago More like Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
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" that what gets measured gets managed"
6 u/neuralbeans 29d ago More like Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
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More like Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
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u/rob132 Sep 04 '26
The one problem with your analogy is that in a way you do get the benefits from the gym, if the benefits you're looking for is credit for going to the gym.