The Concept Of Power 💪

2024-06-07 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:32 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

Ali explains the concept of power from his feel-good productivity: feeling powerful at something makes it feel good, intrinsically motivating, rewarding and energising, which is why video games, kept fun by experience points and levelling up, make players feel powerful.

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00:00:00 — The concept of power, shown by video games

• ★★ Ali says the concept of power is that feeling powerful in doing anything makes it feel good, more intrinsically motivating, more rewarding and more energising, so we do it for its own sake. — 00:00:00 · play, power, people
• ★★ Ali says video games are kind of boring in themselves, killing fake monsters on screen, and their designers make them fun by helping players feel powerful through experience points, levelling up and more power. — 00:00:00 · play, power, people

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