I am NOT going to drug myself into forming a habit. This is a ~25 euro/hour, 1 hour per week side hobby, which I could miss without any problems. … Maybe that’s the wrong counterargument but I feel it’s too dangerous for the rewards involved. (I wouldn’t try smoking if you gave me money because I hear from people that it’s hard to quit.)
The public commitment thing is something I use myself from time to time, and I can make use of it—I will make use of it a bit more (I even used this post as a sort of public commitment) but the whole idea of a “real money game” is already pretty weird to my co-workers (They’re more comfortable with the explanation “It’s a casino styled like an mmo and I make money via arbitrage over the chips”) so it’s kind of hard to weave into the conversation. But I can talk about it with family or someone—not like I have to discuss it in detail with them, more like a casual mention. Worth trying, at least.
I am NOT going to drug myself into forming a habit. This is a ~25 euro/hour, 1 hour per week side hobby, which I could miss without any problems. … Maybe that’s the wrong counterargument but I feel it’s too dangerous for the rewards involved. (I wouldn’t try smoking if you gave me money because I hear from people that it’s hard to quit.)
The public commitment thing is something I use myself from time to time, and I can make use of it—I will make use of it a bit more (I even used this post as a sort of public commitment) but the whole idea of a “real money game” is already pretty weird to my co-workers (They’re more comfortable with the explanation “It’s a casino styled like an mmo and I make money via arbitrage over the chips”) so it’s kind of hard to weave into the conversation. But I can talk about it with family or someone—not like I have to discuss it in detail with them, more like a casual mention. Worth trying, at least.
Nicotine use and smoking are not at all the same thing. Did you read the link?
I did not read the link.
But I also think that drugging myself like that for this is not OK.