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    Incentive Design Entry #0399

    The reason a leaderboard demotivates the middle

    A ranking motivates whoever can plausibly move on it. For everyone whose position is settled, it removes the reason to try at all.

    Master
    The hidden part #0399

    A ranking motivates only where position is contestable. For the settled middle it publishes the news that effort will not change the outcome.

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    Progress Systems Entry #0647

    The reason weekly goals reset just as you reach them

    The weekly target resets the moment you hit it, reopening before the satisfaction of finishing can settle in and let you stop.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0647

    Completion is what licenses rest. Reopen the goal before it settles and the permission to stop never arrives.

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