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by aaron_m04 2413 days ago
Is maxing out the resident's life span a good goal though? Quality of life matters too.
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The two are strongly correlated and one is much easier to quantify.
If one is made an incentivized goal, the correlation will be reduced. That's the underpinning of Goodhart’s Law.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law