Goodhart's Law: Why Every Target You Set Stops Working
Published September 7, 2026
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0
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The moment a number becomes a target, it stops measuring what it used to measure — not because anyone's cheating, but because you've just changed what people are actually optimising for. This is Goodhart's Law, and it explains everything from schools teaching to the test to the infamous "cobra effect" in colonial Delhi…
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- September 7, 2026
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How Goodhart's Law: Why Every Target You Set Stops Working is doing
It has 522 views in total. It ranks #14,259,220 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about Goodhart's Law: Why Every Target You Set Stops Working
- Total views
- 522
- Total likes
- 0
- Total comments
- 1
- Published
- September 7, 2026
- Global rank by views
- #14,259,220
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