On another note - how strange is it when you learn something new of which you haven't known about your whole life only to several days later see it appear on hn.. is there a name for this sort of thing?
> The considerably catchier sobriquet Baader-Meinhof phenomenon was invented in 1994 by a commenter on the St. Paul Pioneer Press’ online discussion board, who came up with it after hearing the name of the ultra-left-wing German terrorist group twice in 24 hours. The phrase became a meme on the newspaper’s boards, where it still pops up regularly, and has since spread to the wider Internet. It even has its own Facebook page. https://psmag.com/social-justice/theres-a-name-for-that-the-...
Seems like an unusual way for a name to start, via a random comment on some obscure online forum in 1994. Language is weird.
1) You wouldn’t be seeing so many other cool cars and thus be tempted to switch cars all the time as that would distract you from driving where you were going.
2) If you wrecked your vehicle it would be easier to get a new one of the exact same kind.
But I think your explanation makes a lot of sense. They embedded a lot of humor in those games.
It is also conceivable that they initially did it as a joke and then once they had implemented and play tested it they discovered the benefits mentioned above, and made the case stronger for keeping it that way. We may never know :)
James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/articles
Atomic Habits: https://smile.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp...
https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human...
Perhaps you mean Atomic Habits?