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The Goodhart Civilization
Everything got worse after 2010 for one reason: markets stopped selling us things we value and started optimizing the dopamine system itself. Goodhart's Law at civilizational scale — the diagnosis, the receipts, and the only way out.25 margin notes8 figures78 min →