Optimization Myopia — Operational test: Teams cannot articulate the moral tradeoffs behind optimizations or track MPIs.
Operational test "Teams cannot articulate the moral tradeoffs behind optimizations or track MPIs." for Optimization Myopia in the Failure modes (why Ethotechnics exists) glossary category.
Operational test
Teams cannot articulate the moral tradeoffs behind optimizations or track MPIs.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Optimization Myopia is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Optimization Myopia in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Optimization Myopia performance over time.
Metric chasing that narrows attention to throughput or growth while ignoring MPIs . Myopic optimization erodes contestability , raises failure load , and often fuels extraction .
B. Failure modes (why Ethotechnics exists). Common patterns where responsibility dissolves and harm accelerates.
Warns against single-metric tuning that crowds out moral performance.