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On Killing[0] covers some of this. The author argues that extended demob times in WW2 helped; supposedly, this is why people leaving Iraq and elsewhere end up "
by RyJones 6y ago
On Killing[0] covers some of this. The author argues that extended demob times in WW2 helped; supposedly, this is why people leaving Iraq and elsewhere end up "doing nothing in Kuwait" for weeks on end cleaning equipment.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Killing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Killing
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- yboris 6y agoI wonder if this is also related to "peak-end rule" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule People generally seem to remember the 'height' of an experience and the last parts of it. So an experience at a dentist where the last part of the procedure is a mild bit of additional drilling is 'better' than one that ends on a painful 'note'.