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		mensetmanusman on Dec 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Talk When a Machine Is Listening: Corporate... This is great. Again proof that any metric that is measured will eventually affect the person being measured. It reminds me a lot of quantum mechanics: “The act of observing disturbs the observed“

igorlev on Dec 14, 2020 | [–]

"En Engine, Not a Camera", a great book and posits that this effect drives a large portion of modern (post-1970s) financial markets.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/134474.An_Engine_Not_a_C...

etothepii on Dec 14, 2020 | [–]

I prefer, "whatever gets measured gets done." Though it doesn't apply in the quantum realm.

otoburb on Dec 14, 2020 | [–]

There's always Goodhart's Law as a counterpoint.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

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