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Comment by ivanjermakov

2 days ago

Spending money is what drives the economy. No diverse expensive healthcare software means thousands of employees don't get paid and don't spend earned money within the economy.

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HiPhish  2 days ago

When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Goodhart's law.

IsTom  2 days ago

That's broken window fallacy.

  • ivanjermakov  2 days ago

    I think you're right. At the end of the day it just makes healthcare more costly without real benefit.

  • cyberax  2 days ago

    "Broken windows" is not a fallacy. The common belief that it's a fallacy is a fallacy.

    "Broken windows" indeed can stimulate the economy and improve the lives of people. But not _always_.

    • IsTom  2 days ago

      How can it stimulate the economy? That's just lack of consideration of cost of opportunity. Hospitals paying for more of similar software is hospitals not paying for something else that could actually improve care.

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    • halJordan  1 day ago

      The fallacy is not that it doesn't create work or money circulation, it's that you are taking money and forcing it to be spent badly. The $100 someone spends on a windows you broke would've spent better spent on literally anything. And if it's not being spent, there's a reason for that as well.

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