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0 pointsska3y ago0 comments

> It'd be interested to see what happens if you give the deciders X% of any unused budget as an EOY bonus.

We already know the answer to this, on average at least the system will be gamed to put money in their pockets, to overall detriment of service.

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bumby3y ago

How do we already know this? Is there actual studies that show this impact?

kelnos3y ago

I don't think we need a study to show the obvious outcome when you set up incentives in certain ways.

bumby3y ago

Then we're no longer making evidence-based policy. That's just hypothesis-based policy. And unfortunately, humans are reallllly good at rationalizing whatever hypothesis suits their biases.

lfpeb8b45ez3y ago

I’ll need evidence for that claim.

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jslaby3y ago

I think we have a real world test case with the Russian military

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bumby3y ago

How do we already know this? Is there actual studies that show this impact?

kelnos3y ago

I don't think we need a study to show the obvious outcome when you set up incentives in certain ways.

bumby3y ago

Then we're no longer making evidence-based policy. That's just hypothesis-based policy. And unfortunately, humans are reallllly good at rationalizing whatever hypothesis suits their biases.

lfpeb8b45ez3y ago

I’ll need evidence for that claim.

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jslaby3y ago

I think we have a real world test case with the Russian military

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse