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Goodhart’s Law in action. Targeting weight loss at the expense of overall health is a surefire way of guaranteeing early mortality.
by mjamil 2y ago
Goodhart’s Law in action. Targeting weight loss at the expense of overall health is a surefire way of guaranteeing early mortality.
- slt2021 2y agoreminds me of obsession of some politicians with GDP as a single metric to optimize the economy (while offshoring jobs and local population deals with stress via drugs/opiates/antidepressants)
- absolutelastone 2y agoA nonzero number of people will probably read this article and think "dangerous and gross.. but, exactly much weight loss are we talking about here?"