counting
It’s a popular thing to do. The web has made it even more so. So is there any difference between counting down and counting up?
Counting down to zero builds anticipation and anxiety. Then again, counting down is only important to people who value the climax (0) to begin with.
Counting up suggests you are building something. You are aggregating and acquiring. You are saying “I have more of this than the next person”. Then again, counting up gets tiring - it never ends. All it takes is for someone to say “This currency is useless - having a lot of ____ is more important to me.”
Sounds like a lose-lose to me. Maybe it’s time to find a new organizing structure for the mounds of activities we perform on the web.
[Take a note from the gaming community if you like - they count towards a goal then reward for attainment (called “leveling”) - then repeat...]
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