# Campbell’s Law The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor. [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Campbell’s+Law) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Campbell’s+Law)