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Every person is just a mouse in a maze these days - we're all subject to a constant barrage of subliminal A/B testing to "nudge" us in whatever direction some t
by taylorius 4y ago
Every person is just a mouse in a maze these days - we're all subject to a constant barrage of subliminal A/B testing to "nudge" us in whatever direction some technocrat has decided this week. I suppose being left to our own devices is out of the question?
- vorpalhex 4y agoWe lost the concept of individual agency. I blame attempts at scaling too much.
- DoneWithAllThat 4y agoYou’re right about how ubiquitous it is and it’s awful. It’s like collectively we’ve decided that the best way to get people to do what we want isn’t to try to convince them of our idea’s benefits, but to make their lives unpleasant and/or inconvenient if they don’t adopt it. It’s infuriating.
- ok_dad 4y agoWhy try to convince people to do the right thing when you can manipulate them into doing it.
- gedy 4y agoI wonder sometimes if people having smaller families, delaying children, and spending more time away from home is then projecting some people's nannying instincts and hand-wringing about behavior that used to be focused inside a family upon everyone else.
- savanaly 4y agoThey were providing you the trays outright before-- was that being left to your own devices? Seems the more natural and primitive state is letting you get your food and if you see fit to obtain a tray to eat it with well no one's stopping you.
- wolpoli 4y agoThese behavioral nudges are desirable for decision makers because they can push people into behaving a certain way without needing to explicitly write down or put up posters about them. In other words, doing things this way has a much lower change of the public pushing back.