Goodhart's Law: what this star will be

Goodhart's Law is a star on the Constellate sky: placed by meaning, named, and connected to the stars around it. This is the short form of its post: the line it carries, the area we colour Systems, and what stands beside it today.

The line it carries on the sky: Make a measure the target and it stops measuring anything.

What stands beside it

The stars nearest to it are Alignment, Feedback Loops, Gresham's Law and Lucas Critique, and Alignment, Feedback Loops and The Map Is Not the Territory are already open to walk. When Goodhart's Law opens, the conversation will land it among them, with a line drawn to each idea it touches.

Ask for this star

Every star is lit by demand. Ask for Goodhart's Law and it moves up the list; when it opens, this post becomes the full essay. The open stars beside it can be walked today, and the first concept of every course is free.