Re: A day of vinyl -- a reminder of inferior technology
Reply #91 –
[another fake]
Y'know, I might have chosen the wrong paradigm. I was thinking of the IKEA effect (google it - I am inside the paywall, so the DOI won't help you get access), but maybe the classic Festinger and Carlsmith forced compliance study is more relevant to this thread.
Therein, volunteers were asked to do some boring task and then lie to the next person about how interesting it is, for a compensation randomized to either $1 or $20. As it turns out, the $1 group did perceive the task as more rewarding.
An interpretation would be that those who have to do the task of flipping vinyl discs all the time for basically nothing (the rest of us get at least the same from pushing a button), need to deceive themselves into an imaginary reward - which is not necessary for those who receive a monetary payoff for lying, like the dishonest hifi salesman.
And in real-life, people can even self-select into the dishonest salesman profession if they find lying rewarding in itself. Again, ajinfla: which company are you trying to market?