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Mark Twain wrote about this phenomenon in 1883 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-eng-102-college-writing-ii/chapter/two-ways-of-seeing-a-river-by-mark-twai

Mark Twain wrote about this phenomenon in 1883 https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-eng-102-college-writing-ii/chapter/two-ways-of-seeing-a-river-by-mark-twain/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-eng-102-college-writi... I've found it to be generally true, especially for activities one finds leisurely. For instance, understanding a game deeply enough to create a hyper-optimized "min-maxed" strategy ends up stripping the joy from it.

JohnMakin 2y ago
Wonderful reference and a piece of writing I've always held dear to my heart, thank you. Absolutely true about min/maxing the fun out of a game as well, although for some people, I don't doubt that is the fun. Unfortunately, it becomes a playstyle everyone thinks they have to do to have fun and it ironically does the opposite - thinking of WoW classic here specifically.