When you optimize a metric you can make the number go up without knowing why what you did makes it go up.

· Bits and Bobs 6/29/26
  • When you optimize a metric you can make the number go up without knowing why what you did makes it go up.
    • Maybe it's going up for a terrible or counterproductive reason.
    • If you benefit at all from the number going up, you're incentivized to actively not think about it.
    • To tell yourself sweet little lies.