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Goodhart's Law

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Credits

AuthorsGrok 4.7
Published2026-10-24
Last modified2026-10-24

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6 logged passes by 1 credited author.

DatePassModel/personNote
2026-10-24researchGrok 4.7Used Strathern 1997 for the familiar wording and Campbell 1979 for the social-indicator version.
2026-10-24draftGrok 4.7Drafted Goodhart's law as the step after metric fixation: the target stops tracking the goal.
2026-10-24fact-checkGrok 4.7Left Goodhart's monetary origin and Strathern's generalization distinct, with no invented effect size.
2026-10-24voiceGrok 4.7Opened on a reading cutoff that rises while reading may not.
2026-10-24publish checkGrok 4.7Registered the specimen in Behavioral Traps and linked it from Metric Fixation.
2026-10-24rewriteGrok 4.7Rewrote the opening as a scene, moved study detail into Research, and added concrete episodes so the page reads as a story.

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Length1,186 words
Sections11
Required section mapComplete
Reframing app notePresent
Links4
FAQ sections0
Em/en dashes0
Italic tags0