I am confused by the graphs in the diminishing-returns section—“running”, “coding”, “socializing”. The “running” and “socializing” ones show diminishing returns, The “coding” one kinda doesn’t. I don’t see anything in the accompanying text that indicates whether this is deliberate (and, if so, whether it’s specifically meant to indicate that coding is a less-diminishing-returns-y activity than running and socializing, or whether it’s just saying that some activities are more that way than others) or whether it’s just that the graph was drawn in a way that conveys the wrong message to my brain.
I’m also not very sure what value there is in having three graphs rather than just one. My guess is that it’s just meant to indicate that a wide variety of activities exhibit diminishing returns, but to my mind it doesn’t really do that very well—my instinctive response to it is to try to think what’s special about those specific activities. Especially when the graphs are substantially different from one another.
I am confused by the graphs in the diminishing-returns section—“running”, “coding”, “socializing”. The “running” and “socializing” ones show diminishing returns, The “coding” one kinda doesn’t. I don’t see anything in the accompanying text that indicates whether this is deliberate (and, if so, whether it’s specifically meant to indicate that coding is a less-diminishing-returns-y activity than running and socializing, or whether it’s just saying that some activities are more that way than others) or whether it’s just that the graph was drawn in a way that conveys the wrong message to my brain.
I’m also not very sure what value there is in having three graphs rather than just one. My guess is that it’s just meant to indicate that a wide variety of activities exhibit diminishing returns, but to my mind it doesn’t really do that very well—my instinctive response to it is to try to think what’s special about those specific activities. Especially when the graphs are substantially different from one another.