When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/05/process-the-last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/

Goodhart's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Brian Armstrong's Twitter Post: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963315806248604035?s=46

On The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html

Cargo Cults: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

Cargo Cult Science: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/cargocult.html

Skinner's Pigeons: https://youtu.be/TtfQlkGwE2U?si=ismGAnKaWc7bmEj5

Taskmaster: https://youtube.com/shorts/ev7Kk8Ex2y4?si=cQsJfCneZBLa7o4S

Pragmatic Programmer: https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/

Samuel Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Samuel_Johnson

Three Letters Parable: https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/

The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/