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Unintended Consequences of a Data Driven World: Exploring the Goodhart's Law and Cobra Effect


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Goodhart's law suggests that when the measure becomes the primary target, it ceases to become a good measure. Here is Navin & Shrikant explaining Goodhart's law with different examples and proving how data can be manipulated and can cause more adverse effects than intended.

Learn about the Cobra effect, Mcnamara's fallacy and other examples of Goodhart's laws in this simple, fun and short video.
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