Risto_Saarelma comments on What have you recently tried, and failed at? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 06 July 2012 02:51:11AM *  6 points [-]

Using simple score-keeping gamification systems (eg.) for any sort of behavior modification. I just start ignoring the systems after a couple of days. Then again, I've never been big on playing computer games over and over for mastery either, compared to just trying them out long enough to get a rough idea of what novel content they have, often cheating if the challenges that keep me from seeing potentially interesting content don't seem fun enough.