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1. kurthr · 1789800580 · focus · HN ↗

   This goes in a necessary direction, from my personal take away of Gower's recent post on the subject.

   Mathematics is suffering from Goodhart's Law:

   "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

   1. lacedeconstruct · 1789804787 · focus · HN ↗

      Doing something difficult was a signal that you:

      a- understood it and all the background information it requires

      b- internalized techniques and methods that are helpful in problem solving in general

      Now it just means nothing

      1. Razengan · 1789809343 · focus · HN ↗

         > Now it just means nothing

         Now it means we can move on to other difficult shit.

         1. js8 · 1789874458 · focus · HN ↗

            Today, the difficult shit is how to get the resources from the people who use them to turn difficult shit into an easy shit. Basically, a war. I am not sure I want people to move on to that.

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