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3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 16, 2021 by Douglas Rushkoff · across every show →

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Nov 16, 2021 negative

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Rushkoff: Focusing Exclusively on Displayed Metrics Distorts Real Value

“The metric you put on the wall is the metric that you're going to get, you know, and it may not be an ideal single focus for more than just some provisional fun experiment.”

Douglas Rushkoff Nov 16, 2021 ▶ 51:56 #124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media

Oct 4, 2022 negative

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Stanley: Short-term metric gains in complex problems are deceptive dead ends

“Even if your score on a metric is going up in the short run, it doesn't mean it will all get all the way to the point that you want it to get. That's a fundamental problem. It's called deception. And it's a fundamental problem of all complex problems.”

Ken Stanley Oct 4, 2022 ▶ 8:27 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives

Oct 4, 2022 negative

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Stanley: Metrics are useless for hard problems because required stepping stones are counterintuitive

“If the actual stepping stones that lead to where we want to go are counterintuitive, in other words, they're not what you would expect, then the metrics are useless, right? Because they won't detect those stepping stones because they don't look like what the m…”

Ken Stanley Oct 4, 2022 ▶ 13:22 Kenneth Stanley: Set The Right Objectives

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