{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"All The Things","title":"Process — The Last Refuge Of A Scoundrel","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/65b3df7d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":298,"description":"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/05/process-the-last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/Goodhart's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_lawBrian Armstrong's Twitter Post: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963315806248604035?s=46On The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.htmlCargo Cults: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cultCargo Cult Science: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/cargocult.htmlSkinner's Pigeons: https://youtu.be/TtfQlkGwE2U?si=ismGAnKaWc7bmEj5Taskmaster: https://youtube.com/shorts/ev7Kk8Ex2y4?si=cQsJfCneZBLa7o4SPragmatic Programmer: https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/Samuel Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Samuel_JohnsonThree Letters Parable: https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qX2p-RzFvudQA38OLVQtXqm6-U_jBWO4jDKSWsFlxkY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWFk/M2NkOWUyNGVmNTQ5/MzQxMTk2NWYyYzk2/NTk2MC5KUEc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}