Looking forward to more!

Is particularly found the part about how metaphors “hide and highlight” information. In other words the metaphor we use necessitates how we think. We often frame arguments using the metaphor of war and that frames how we think. The other party is an enemy that must be defeated, its bloody, and there is a loser. However we could frame it as a dance, in which case they are a partner, and for the outcome to succeed they must move together in harmony.

Lakoff has written other fascinating books like how metaphors are used in politics as well as math (“Where Mathematics Comes From”).

Businesses care about the first type because of the associated problems and are completely fine with the later.

The same idea exists in the US, and often bathrooms have a PIN code to enter or a special key only the shop owner has.

I’ve never been turned down when asking politely. Most people are rather sympathetic when someone needs to use the bathroom for legitimate purposes.

However the article misses the point with statements like this.

    Quite simply, Lowe was right: there is often no place to go.

Public toilets are one of those things where all it takes is one person to mess up a good situation for everyone else.

There’s no incentive for people to treat them nicely. There’s an asymmetry, people want to use public toilets but who wants to clean public toilets? It’s always “someone else job.”

I see no problem having a little friction as a way to help control it. A small charge to use the bathroom or social capital of asking can be enough to remedy the problems of misuse.

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It’s a strange classification at first because addiction seems like a matter of will and strength.

If we’re going to lump algorithmic addiction in with other addictions there’s a lot of interesting things that would flow from that. For example now that online gambling and sports betting is more common there’s disclaimers and commercials telling people to get help if they have a problem. Should the same thing be true for social media and Candy Crush games?

“Do you have a problem with social media, go to Facebook.com/gethelp for more information”

Maybe my driver is a corporate driver, not a DSP, and has different metrics etc. I don't know.

BTW I really like the term “partner” in delivery service partner. It’s a weasel word that covers up what’s really going on. They are not partnering in the common sense of the word like “my wife is my partner.” (Although on a long road trip she wouldn’t hesitated to make me pee in a bottle rather than stop for my baby bladder. Haha.)

Can’t wait for Season 2 where he chronicles how to game the ratings system.

I feel 99% of the people on HN understand it but on the other hand there’s people like my 70 yr old mom who look at that and think, oh what a fantastic product. She is very susceptible to dark patterns, has no concept of sold by Amazon vs 3rd party sellers, etc.

The odds of buying a toaster a year later might be higher than it sounds.