Whack-a-mole medicine
Why medicine can cause more harm than good if it chooses the wrong indicators and focuses on curing the symptoms rather than the diseases.
Goodhart's law applied to medicine and iatrogenics.
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The three points of my tweetstorm that inspired this essay: Unfulfillment arises from using metrics chosen by others as proxies for personal success (e.g. a new car as a proxy for happiness). Sustainability problems arise from using short-term success as…