Paying to Destroy HistoryThe unintended consequence of counting scraps

From the show

When Rewards Backfire

Misaligned incentives can cause irreparable harm to the very assets you aim to preserve. In 1947, a well-meaning offer to pay for Dead Sea Scroll fragments based on count motivated finders to tear intact manuscripts into pieces. This historical tragedy serves as a stark warning against prioritizing metrics of quantity over the integrity of the work.