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    Incentive Design Entry #0388

    Why punishing failure removes reporting, not failure

    Penalties attach to the report, not to the event. Reports are voluntary and events are not, so the measurable quantity falls while the underlying one does not.

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    The hidden part #0388

    A penalty on reports does not reduce the events. It reduces the only record that the events occurred.

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