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Bite 048 ยท Fri 2 Oct 2026
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โœ… Psychology

Show the work and people value the result more

People value an outcome more when they can see the effort that produced it, an effect Buell and Norton named the labor illusion. In their studies of online travel and dating searches, people preferred a site that showed the options it was checking as it went over one that returned identical results instantly, even when the visible version made them wait. A finished answer with no visible work reads as effortless, so let people see the work.

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