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by gazzini 2252 days ago
Pavlovian conditioning [0]: "a learning procedure in which a biologically potent stimulus (e.g. food) is paired with a previously neutral stimulus (e.g. a bell)."

In my case:

food: losing all my data (or it becoming incredibly difficult to access / control / afford)

bell: uploading all of my data to a new internet product.

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Most companies have unsustainable business models (grow forever).

For startups, this is especially true (rapid growth forever).

This is a new internet company, but their whole shtick is that they have a sustainable business model. Given that data, maybe my bias is unfair.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning