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by morislz 16 days ago
We humans tend to be so wasteful, especially with intangible things like tokens. I don't support this "tokenmaxxing" trend at all. Any business should strive to optimize for efficiency. It's ridiculous to think that spending more tokens correlates to higher-quality output or more money made. The law of diminishing returns applies here too. I'd just put all my employees on the $20 per month Claude plan and teach them to: 1. Still use their brains for either very complex or very mundane tasks 2. Be efficient with their limits 3. Build a mental connection like "tokens = money" otherwise they stay intangible

No wonder games always use their own currencies that also makes money intangible and increases spending.