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Break Your Bad Habits by Escaping the Scarcity Loop
The Art of Manliness
The Impact of Quantification and Gamification on Human Perception and Behavior
Quantification and gamification are ways to put a number on ambiguous things like social status or health. Although these numbers may not accurately reflect reality, they can affect our mood, self-perception, motivations, and actions. Humans love certainty, which is why real games are fun as they provide clear outcomes. In life's big decisions, we rarely get clear answers, but gamified systems claim to provide them. However, they are based on assumptions and potentially flawed human judgments. Despite this, seeing a high score can motivate us to work out, while a low score may discourage us. Overall, quantification creates unnecessary scarcity loops.
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