RE: https://mastodon.social/@argonaut/116278737206016005
humans exaggeratedly value “doing more” because we value by comparison—as opposed to intrinsically—so if we see more of something produced by someone we immediately think that someone is more capable, and thus more valuable, than some others.
(this is the lynchpin of any “exploitative capitalism” system)
if you want to test the “amount” bias, think of going to an exhibition of an artist’s work, and imagine two scenarios: one where you enter a hall with only a handful of paintings and another where you enter a hall with walls full of paintings, and consider which painter you think would be more successful.
now imagine that one is Vermeer with his dozens of paintings, and the other is Kincade with his thousands of paintings.
argonaut