The “Number Go Up” Addiction

The “Number Go Up” Addiction

We’re back! On today’s episode, we go in on the most nefarious marketing tactic developed and that is also causing people a lot of stress… 'Number Go Up' addiction.


We discuss how counting wins, likes, and even equity, control a lot of our online and everyday life, along with the effects it’s having on us and the world at large.


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Sources:

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/224/6/jeb218289/237916/Neuroethology-of-number-sense-across-the-animal

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1308141110

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9054347/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-social-media-harms-settlement-9.7320919

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law


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