nireyal

I'm not sure I get what Paul's trying to say here. Why is doing what you want a requirement for action? There's a known neurological difference between the brain's "wanting" and "liking" systems. Is he mixing up the two?

Addiction should never be the goal. Addiction is "a compulsive dependency" and is not an ethical design goal. At the end of the day, you need to offer real value, or people will burn out and won't stick around for long. This is why so many games are engaging for a while but then lose steam. Read my book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, to learn how to build engaging products the right way.

Also, it’s a great place to do business, education is top notch, virtually no crime, very ethnically diverse, amazing food, and a few hours flight to anywhere from Bali to Bombay.

There’s much to love about Singapore if you understand, or are willing to learn, Asian culture. It’s more collectivist than individualistic and while that certainly comes with trade offs, it has many benefits. I’ve lived here for almost 3 years and it feels like living in the future. No where is perfect but the quality of life here is amazing. The people I know who don’t like it are almost always white folks who don’t interact with locals and don’t want to understand Asian norms.

Thanks for reading and sharing what you learned in Indistractable. Glad it was helpful!