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Randall Munroe

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Goodhart’s Law xkcd.com/2899

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Ember Bite Aegle's avatar Ember Bite Aegle @emberaegle.bsky.social
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I was not aware this was an adage, and I've lamented this dynamic myself and struggled to express it well. Thanks.

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the wise rabbit 🐰⚡️'s avatar the wise rabbit 🐰⚡️ @okihas.bsky.social
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I stumbled upon a good metric on how to measure value in the universe, targeting the status quo.

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Veronica Tash's avatar Veronica Tash @veronicatash.bsky.social
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God damn true.

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MacMog, Annihilator's avatar MacMog, Annihilator @macmog.bsky.social
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Nah man, I don’t think Target carries Metric. Maybe the record version, in the stores that carry vinyl.

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Just joined up today, Randall is the only person I’m following. I think I might just have done well to frequent his website. Oh well, great comic as usual!

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Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉's avatar Scott #ACAB Black Lives Matter Menor 🍉 @smenor.com
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Alt text :)

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Josh Dobbin's avatar Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social
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I'm far enough out of corporate culture to have this be incomprehensible

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🌻 ☮️ ᗪIᗩᑎOᗰIGᕼTY ☮️ 🌻's avatar 🌻 ☮️ ᗪIᗩᑎOᗰIGᕼTY ☮️ 🌻 @blopeep.bsky.social
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sir. Sir. This is so correct it hurts.

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Travis Retriever's avatar Travis Retriever @travisretriever.bsky.social
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UpperManagement.png

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Aoyan's avatar Aoyan @aoyans.dev
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Metric recursion

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Chris Messer's avatar Chris Messer @chrismesser.bsky.social
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I literally watched my boss set a metric as a target last meeting proving he didn't understand both metrics and now people are going to stop using one for anything but one of 5 purposes we currently use it for because ... Of this.

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Library Lagomorph's avatar Library Lagomorph @bunnyjadwiga.bsky.social
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Counterexample: the Apgar score.

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Nate W.W.'s avatar Nate W.W. @natedub9.bsky.social
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Involuntary snickering

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Barns are often used to measure the size of target areas in physics. They are also occasionally used as targets irl.

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actualkiwi.bsky.social's avatar actualkiwi.bsky.social @actualkiwi.bsky.social
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⁹w 22.2 2²²1

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Richie's avatar Richie @webhackan.de
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AKA the "I'm going to code me a minivan!" rule. / And cobras. Lots of cobras.

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Jameson Quinn's avatar Jameson Quinn @voter.bsky.social
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1 like = 1 additional alt text

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Paul Driggere 🦋's avatar Paul Driggere 🦋 @writerwithcats.bsky.social
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Which becomes the epitome of irony when you realize the moment an organization assesses targets as metrics, it likely is trying to look for improvement - which more than likely will mean staff cuts, not bonuses. 😉 Sneaky, Randall. 😁

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Inigo Montoya's avatar Inigo Montoya @rvt338.bsky.social
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Can I Lapua that? Just asking.

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Doctor Novakaine's avatar Doctor Novakaine @doctornovakaine.bsky.social
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Like profit.

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DH_Austin's avatar DH_Austin @dhaustin.bsky.social
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Bonus *snicker* *snrt*

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xkcd title text's avatar xkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social
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