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I wonder if the hole left by failing interventions is actually an opportunity for a different type of intervention. The whole point of BE-based intervention is

I wonder if the hole left by failing interventions is actually an opportunity for a different type of intervention. The whole point of BE-based intervention is that humans have a limited amount of reasoning power to put towards a given decision and can’t always choose rationally, so the nudge is amplifying a heuristic to make it easier to choose something. The restrictions of human cognition don’t go away - a failing tactic might simply mean opportunity for a new tactic. We’ve seen this example with things like “fair pricing model” - this is a heuristic shortcut for trustworthiness. You aren’t trying to nudge me? Great! Certainly new interventions will surface in response.

mindslight 7y ago
> humans have a limited amount of reasoning power to put towards a given decision and can’t always choose rationally, so the nudge is amplifying a heuristic to make it easier to choose something That's a pretty disingenuous way of describing a multi-party interaction with divergent interests. It's not "easier" for the user because the "nudger" [manipulator] is trying to further exhaust the user's decision making capabilities to the manipulator's benefit. In fact, it's much harder if the user does not want to be taken advantage of.