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    Cognitive Bias Entry #0116

    The reason effort makes you prefer a worse outcome

    Labour does not only produce an object. It attaches value to the object, and the attachment survives evidence that the object is inferior.

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    The hidden part #0116

    Effort does not buy a better object. It buys the obligation to see the object as better.

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    Reward Loops Entry #0623

    Why a random payout feels earned rather than lucky

    A drop determined purely by chance is remembered as skill. Time and effort spent nearby get read into the outcome they had no hand in.

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    The hidden part #0623

    Effort spent near a lucky roll adopts it. The grind did not cause the drop, but the mind hands it the credit anyway.

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