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Ted Gioia's mental models

3 claims Ted Gioia made fit 2 mental models. Most often: Incentives, Second-order thinking. Everything they said here.

Models we see in what they say

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Incentives

Look at what people are rewarded for; it explains more behaviour than what they say, your own included.

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A service paid by the hour of your attention is rewarded for delivering the opposite of what it promises.

  1. Ted Gioia Music critic and cultural historian The dating app does not make money from you finding a life partner—it needs you to keep looking, so the app provider can hold on to you as a recurring customer. These companies actually get rewarded by delivering the opposite of what they promise. How to Break Free from Dopamine Culturehonest-broker.com · 4 Mar 2024All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThe dating app does not make money from you finding a life partner—it needs you to keep looking, so the app provider can hold on to you as a recurring customer. These companies actually get rewarded by delivering the opposite of what they promise.

    ↗How to Break Free from Dopamine Culturehonest-broker.com

    4 Mar 2024

The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want.

  1. Ted Gioia Music critic and cultural historian They don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers. The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com · 18 Feb 2024All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThey don’t want to find the next Michelangelo or Mozart. They want to create a world of junkies—because they will be the dealers.

    ↗The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com

    18 Feb 2024

Second-order thinking

Ask "and then what?": follow a decision past its first effect to the ones that come after.

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Compulsive stimulation ends in anhedonia: the more a person leans on it the less pleasure it returns, until they use it only to avoid the pain of going without.

  1. Ted Gioia Music critic and cultural historian The more addicts rely on these stimuli, the less pleasure they receive. At a certain point, this cycle creates anhedonia—the complete absence of enjoyment in an experience supposedly pursued for pleasure. The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com · 18 Feb 2024All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThe more addicts rely on these stimuli, the less pleasure they receive. At a certain point, this cycle creates anhedonia—the complete absence of enjoyment in an experience supposedly pursued for pleasure.

    ↗The State of the Culture, 2024honest-broker.com

    18 Feb 2024