The Crime Machine
▻https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/127-the-crime-machine-part-i
▻https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/128-the-crime-machine-part-ii
New York City cops are in a fight against their own police department. They say it’s under the control of a broken computer system that punishes cops who refuse to engage in racist, corrupt policing. The story of their fight, and the story of the grouchy idealist who originally built the machine they’re fighting.
A good example of Goodhart’s law in practice and of the misuse of stats in policy making.
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