Why do some products capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain things out of sheer habit? Is there an underlying pattern to how technologies hook us? Nir Eyal answers these questions (and many more) with the hook model - a four-step process that, when embedded into products, subtly encourages customer behaviour. Through consecutive 'hook cycles, ' these products bring people back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging. 'Hooked' is based on Eyal's years of research, consulting, and practical experience
Why do some products capture our attention while others flop? What makes us engage with certain things out of sheer habit? Is there an underlying patt...
The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk of great harm than those who will or already suffer similar harm, but endure unidentified. As a result of this effect, we allocate resources reactively rather than proactively, prioritizing treatment over prevention. For example, during the August 2010 gold mine cave-in in Chile, where ten to twenty million dollars was spent by the Chilean government to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground. Rather than address the many, more cost effective...
The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk ...