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216 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 10 Mar \ parent \ on: Psychology and btc price bitcoin
I think with "direct benefit" you basically mean tangible and non-abstract consequences. If you can predict prices well, it's pretty clear that you can be rich af and what being rich af means is also pretty tangible for most people since they suffer from not being rich af everyday.
I guess that's why most people don't do bio-tracking: Not living a healthier life has long-term consequences which are abstract and non-tangible until you suffer from them. Bio-tracking makes at least the short-term of living healthier more tangible by comparing numbers. But long-term is still not tangible and abstract.
I am kind of using abstract as the contrary of tangible but I think there is a difference, lol.
I guess that's why most people don't do bio-tracking: Not living a healthier life has long-term consequences which are abstract and non-tangible until you suffer from them.
It's even more stark than that: in most ways that matter, your brain considers future-you to essentially be an entirely separate person. Which is also philosophically interesting, bc now your own success, based on how 'nice' you are to future you, looks dependent on how thoughtful you generally are to other people.
Hmmm.
Bio-tracking makes at least the short-term of living healthier more tangible by comparing numbers. But long-term is still not tangible and abstract.
Another great aspect of where psychology comes into play -- a number moving, and the rate of its movement, has hedonic implications, even when the number itself is meaningless to you.
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I think you're right that health is less tangible/direct than wealth in that health is more like an annuity than a cash prize. They are both fairly abstract as I see them, but I'd rather order take out than mince words.
I think health tracking done right can make you feel the benefit of positive changes.
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