Trust and Signals
The anticipation of rewards activates the brain just as much as the rewards themselves, highlighting the importance of variable rewards in our pursuit of success. Trust plays a crucial role in decision-making, illustrated through examples like the canaries in coal mines and the unique rider requests of famous bands. The blue M&M test serves as a clever heuristic for gauging attention to detail, emphasizing how small signals can indicate larger issues.In this clip
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That's also why relationships, whether romantic or platonic, are so important because they always have an element of intermittent reward. Nothing happens in the exact same way every time. I think intermittent reward also works just as well when the reward doesn't exist but when it's a different experience than before.