When you project a graph onto a scalar, you get Goodhart's law.

· Bits and Bobs 9/7/26
  • When you project a graph onto a scalar, you get Goodhart's law.
    • There are infinitely many ways to project a graph onto a scalar.
    • It's not possible for you to fully specify it, so you get Genie behaviors, or even Monkey's Paw.
    • The antidote is a rubric: a multi-dimensional bundle of scalars.