This is a lovely companion writeup to Julia’s. I especially liked your section on respect, I think that it’s critical to not become Machiavellian when using this kind of method to shape the world.
I also wanted to add some personal thoughts related to your comments on fun. Part of my work involves being a mission controller for spacecraft. Training for that is long and daunting process involving going from being a trainee during simulated rehearsals, then being in a non-lead role during actual operations, then being in a lead role in simulations, and finally getting to lead actual operations. It can take a year or more between steps in that chain, so bridging stimuli are absolutely essential to making the time between advances not feel endless. I would describe the emotion that the process is headed towards more as “satisfaction” than as “fun,” and bridging stimuli are things that let you immediately experience some of the eventual satisfaction of advancement. The kinds of bridging stimuli I can think of might be a thumbs up from a team member, a compliment for something well done, or being temporarily allowed to do something like make a call over the comm net when it’s not normally your role. These are a little more personal than the clicker, but I think it’s really getting at the same basic idea.
This is a lovely companion writeup to Julia’s. I especially liked your section on respect, I think that it’s critical to not become Machiavellian when using this kind of method to shape the world.
I also wanted to add some personal thoughts related to your comments on fun. Part of my work involves being a mission controller for spacecraft. Training for that is long and daunting process involving going from being a trainee during simulated rehearsals, then being in a non-lead role during actual operations, then being in a lead role in simulations, and finally getting to lead actual operations. It can take a year or more between steps in that chain, so bridging stimuli are absolutely essential to making the time between advances not feel endless. I would describe the emotion that the process is headed towards more as “satisfaction” than as “fun,” and bridging stimuli are things that let you immediately experience some of the eventual satisfaction of advancement. The kinds of bridging stimuli I can think of might be a thumbs up from a team member, a compliment for something well done, or being temporarily allowed to do something like make a call over the comm net when it’s not normally your role. These are a little more personal than the clicker, but I think it’s really getting at the same basic idea.