Post #1029386
2026-04-08 05:41 UTC
These are excellent illustrations of the various pitfalls of data-driven decision and policy making. Taken from here: https://sketchplanations.substack.com/p/the-mcnamara-fallacy
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@pthane@toot.wales 2026-04-08 15:34
As a former teacher some of these definitely apply to an education system obsessed with targets.
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@Sythelux@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-08 15:45
@zoul for Goodhart's law I'd love to know what you are actually supposed to do. Maybe define the scope exactly? But it sounds like there should be a conclusion to it.