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Assess agents using frequency-times-behavioral-delta (how
Assess agents using frequency-times-behavioral-delta (how often they fire × how much they change your actions) rather than perceived importance, as most perceived-important agents prove to be high-frequency noise generators upon measurement.
Why This Is a Principle
This derives from Measurement of behavior changes the behavior being measured. (measurement changes behavior) and When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good (measures that become targets cease being good). It prescribes a specific evaluation metric that separates activity from impact. Strong principle because it's actionable (defines a measurement approach), general (applies to any agent evaluation), and derived from measurement axioms.