How Will They Game the Rule?
Reads a new rule, policy, target or incentive the way a determined rule-lawyer would: what following the letter while ignoring the spirit looks like, who will do it first, and how the rule-makers could close the gap.
What this template answers
Each item below becomes a heading in the AI response.
- What does the rule literally require, and what is it trying to achieve?
- Where do the letter and the spirit of the rule come apart?
- How would someone comply on paper while defeating the purpose, and what would it cost them?
- Who has the strongest incentive to game it, and who will move first?
- What would the gamed outcome look like in the numbers a year from now?
- How could the rule be written or enforced to close the gap?
Categories
- Law, Rules & Compliance
- Politics & Policy
Tags
- malicious compliance
- loopholes
- incentives
- unintended consequences
- regulation
- reddit
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