Perverse Incentives
Comments focus on identifying and critiquing perverse incentives or misaligned motivations in systems, businesses, or policies that lead to unintended negative outcomes. Discussions emphasize how 'you get what you incentivize' drives behavior.
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Seems like a perverse incentive.
That seems like a perverse incentive.
This seems to be a matter of incentives.
Seems like a bit of a perverse incentive.
Well, there's a perverse incentive!
It's a perverse incentive for sure.
Why? Are incentives not a thing?
Do they have incentive to do that?
There's a huge perverse incentive lurking in there.
Sounds like perverse incentives[1] in general.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive