Goodhart's law states that “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.” Put another way, when we set a performance measure as a goal or a bar to hit, people and organizations tend to find ways to achieve that measure without regard for whether their performance or production is truly effective, beneficial, or even desirable. Goodhart’s law has to do with unintended consequences.

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