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The numbers are servants. We have let them become tyrants.

The Gospel of the Spreadsheet: Confessions of a Numeric Gazer numeric gazer

Goodhart’s Law states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." The numbers are servants

So close the laptop. Turn off the phone. Go outside. Look at the sky. You cannot measure the sky. You cannot put a KPI on the wind. You can only feel it. numeric gazer

The numbers are servants. We have let them become tyrants.

The Gospel of the Spreadsheet: Confessions of a Numeric Gazer

Goodhart’s Law states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

So close the laptop. Turn off the phone. Go outside. Look at the sky. You cannot measure the sky. You cannot put a KPI on the wind. You can only feel it.