Very interesting long read on “value capture” — when measurements like grades, citation counts, or step counts take over the true values (learning, writing, health) you actually care about. Also related to “stop the numbers game” by David Parnas (“Counting papers slows the rate of scientific progress”).
https://philarchive.org/rec/NGUVCH
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=a185c913482fc0d0e42291bec4748e24438c130b
Via @smallcircles, @aredridel
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From the abstract this sounds a lot like Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." Or is there more to it than that?
@jesper Indeed. But value capturing as I understand it is more about the impact on people, when they become obsessed with external metrics instead of following their heart / intrinsic motivation.
@avandeursen @jesper isn't this an inherent part of US culture?
@mapto it certainly seems common in Europe too …