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Eroding Goals Let a Standard Drift Down Whenever the Goal Follows Recent Performance

Reserved to arc- (eroding goals / drift to low performance). Rests on arc-what-an-archetype-is and lop- balancing loops with delay; the specific claim is that the goal itself is a variable inside the loop. Hands directly to lev-goals-and-goodhart and to the lev- ladder claim that goals outrank parameters. Related prod Idea, linked not reused: shared-mental-models, which covers drift between people, not drift of a standard.

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The Eroding Goals Archetype in Systems Thinking

Eroding goals is a recurring system archetype in which a gap between a current condition and a desired goal creates dynamic tension that can be resolved either by taking action to raise the condition…