Learn more about moneyandinvestments with this collection
How to secure funding
How to market and sell your product or service
How to scale and grow your business
The Diderot Effect
It is a term that characterizes the tendency for purchases to generate new purchases.
Example: We set up a gym membership, and then we think we need better workout clothes, headphones, towels, a combination lock, and a bag to carry everything.
278
1.36K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
When the Diderot Effect loosens its grip
We live better lives than Denis Diderot and his peers and yet we always crave for more. We decide our refrigerator isn’t nice enough; not when the latest models are wifi-enabled with touch screens.
But our situation is more forgiving. We can always simplify. We can downsiz...
208
958 reads
History of the Diderot Effect
The French philosopher Denis Diderot became a wealthy man at age 52 and was able to afford small indulgences.
He started with a scarlet robe and continued with other items, because they were not matching the elegance of that robe. The joy of everything he bought was short-lived. Piece ...
186
912 reads
CURATED FROM
CURATED BY
Related collections
More like this
The Law of Least Effort
- If you can make your good habits more convenient, you'll be more likely to follow through on them.
- We try to follow a strict diet while we're out to dinner with friends. We try to concentrate while using a smartphone filled with distractions.
- Idea is to create an environmen...
Happiness Comes from Solving Problems
- Problems are a constant in life
- They never stop; problems purely get exchanged and/or upgraded
- For Example: You solve your health problem by buying a gym membership; you create new problems; like sweating, then getti...
Planning Is Extremely Valuable
Most people tend to be overly optimistic planners, but then the projects take much longer and more effort than initially thought.
Our inability at planning shows in how we tend to choose immediate over long-term rewards. Life is also complicated and what we need to do to h...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates