Automatically de-ramping pledges?

[zedmango]

So you guys think habits exist?

Do habits exist?

@kenoubi @oulfis @lanthala @dreev This is branched off of the discussion at Thoughts and experiences with big(ger) pledge Amounts? Recap: In response to someone’s claim that habits should become automatic in 1-3 months, I said: @kenoubi responded: My view: habits definitely exist. @kenoubi’s suggestion that habits take zero effort after repetition is not the only possible mechanism for a habit. Another way habits could work is that doing the behavior still takes effort, but not doing i…

For me, I’m not sure Beeminder is actually building up habits, other than the habit of beeminding - like, if I stopped beeminding I’m not sure I’d keep doing everything.

Also relevant: Beeminder anti-habit-forming