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JohnBarnes
10/23/2016 2:21:38 PM
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Joe,
And the Minimax Regret Principle (which brings us back to the watercooler): many decisions are made by minimizing the maximum regret you are likely to feel in the future. If everyone is talking about that great episode of THE REAL GRAVE ROBBERS OF SCARSDALE at the watercooler tomorrow, and you can't because you decided you needed some extra sleep, if you are a social enough creature, that possible pain is greater than the possible pain of saying, "I stayed up for that?" So you stay up, minimizing your maximum regret.
JohnBarnes
10/23/2016 2:21:57 PM
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This occasioned a second thought: Minimax regret is famously a great decision maker for low-cost precautions that prevent big disasters -- installing smoke detectors, taking an extra second to make sure you didn't leave the oven on, checking where the toddler is one more time, forming any safety habit really. It's also a perfectly terrible way to conduct a business in any high-stakes all-or-nothing sort of industry, where expected value is a much better way.
There's probably a largish study that could be done and would be useful about Minimax v. Expected Value in people's entertainment choices. At a guess, which basic rule is the underlying one probably varies a lot by demographic.
elizabethv
10/24/2016 4:39:13 AM
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@JohnBarnes:
"So a certain amount of TV watching used to be driven by the concern that you might miss something you'd love; now, it's driven only by the actural desire to consume, and of course that nets out to less."
That is a great point!! People used to watch a show when it was their only opportunity to watch it. Now people have the option of watching what they want when it's convenient for them. You don't have to be controlled by possibily missing out on the one thing everyone will be tlaking about tomorrow. I have to wonder if the ratings of of the series finale of M*A*S*H would have been close to what they were if people would have had the same options at that time. Heck the first showing of the series premiere of The Walking Dead was hours ago, and I'm just now watching it.
faryl
10/25/2016 10:25:33 PM
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Right? It seems such an odd thing to lie about.
Setting aside the fact that adults feel so strong a need for their coworkers to think they're cool; with the way people binge-watch shows, wait for them to be on Netflix after the season ends, "saving up" episodes to watch on the weekend, plus the sheer number of shows out there, a simple "haven't seen that yet" would seem to suffice.
faryl
10/25/2016 10:34:40 PM
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The quality of TV shows definitely plays a big part there.
Years ago, an actor would get their *start* on television in an effort to "break into movies"... "ending up" on TV was considered a step down.
Now actors view TV as comparable to movies, with the added benefit of a more predictable schedule.
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