When you demo a product, you can Goodhart's law yourself.

· Bits and Bobs 7/21/25
  • When you demo a product, you can Goodhart's law yourself.
    • When you use a product, you stick to the paths that will be most useful.
    • To demo a thing you intuitively stick to the paths that work, not that are useful.
    • You Goodhart's law yourself to think it's working by focusing on what demos well.
    • You'll forget that what matters is not what works but what is useful.
    • The creator of the tool might forget to look for usefulness and only look for what works.
    • Someone who didn't build the tool only cares if it's useful, they'll never get confused.