There is a point that I’m trying to make here, which I think mostly fails to get made by the current writing on Goodhart’s law. It’s not just an explanation for the behavior of [people dumber than you]. Me, you, all of us, are constantly, 24⁄7. Goodharting towards whatever outcome fits our local incentives.
I read this blog post carefully, but didn’t come away with a clear understanding of how your view of Goodhart’s Law diverges from the typical writing on the subject. My subjective impression is that most rationalist writing describes Goodhart’s Law as a pervasive phenomenon at the individual and organizational level, a default against which we have to push. This also seemed to be the point of your blog post. It might be helpful to emphasize any ways in which your key point goes beyond this, or to give some examples to help illustrate how profoundly you think the effect is.
I felt there was greater emphasis in this post on the personal aspect. I also note that I like people reposting old ideas they’ve recently rediscovered or grokked, and I so I liked the post irrespective of differences from prior work.
I also note that I like people reposting old ideas they’ve recently rediscovered or grokked, and I so I liked the post irrespective of differences from prior work.
It seems a bit doubtful whether you would really like thousands of people posting about the same thing that ‘they’ve recently rediscovered or grokked’. Do you mean it in a metaphoric way?
I read this blog post carefully, but didn’t come away with a clear understanding of how your view of Goodhart’s Law diverges from the typical writing on the subject. My subjective impression is that most rationalist writing describes Goodhart’s Law as a pervasive phenomenon at the individual and organizational level, a default against which we have to push. This also seemed to be the point of your blog post. It might be helpful to emphasize any ways in which your key point goes beyond this, or to give some examples to help illustrate how profoundly you think the effect is.
I felt there was greater emphasis in this post on the personal aspect. I also note that I like people reposting old ideas they’ve recently rediscovered or grokked, and I so I liked the post irrespective of differences from prior work.
It seems a bit doubtful whether you would really like thousands of people posting about the same thing that ‘they’ve recently rediscovered or grokked’. Do you mean it in a metaphoric way?
I mean that on the margin right now, seems good to have more well written such posts.