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    Habit Loops Entry #0311

    Why tracking a behaviour changes it

    The act of recording a number changes the number. Observation is not passive and the observer is not separate from the system being observed.

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    The hidden part #0311

    Measurement is an intervention. The moment you record a behaviour you have introduced a decision point that was not there before.

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    Statistical Illusions Entry #0440

    Why counting something changes what gets counted

    A measure requires a definition, and once the measure is consequential the definition becomes something to be managed rather than merely applied.

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    The hidden part #0440

    A number is a definition applied to the world. Make the number consequential and the definition becomes the thing under negotiation.

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    Statistical Illusions Entry #0449

    The reason a benchmark becomes a distortion

    A published comparison reorganises the thing it measures. Effort moves to the scored dimensions, and the unscored ones become where the cost is paid.

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    The hidden part #0449

    Publishing a comparison makes it an intervention. Effort migrates to the scored dimensions, and the unscored ones have no series to show the loss.

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