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Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

288 points · 149 comments · geox

  1. qurren · · focus · HN ↗
    They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.
    1. Insanity · · focus · HN ↗
      What’s the risk? Not familiar enough with Singapore to judge that.
      1. qurren · · focus · HN ↗
        Not Singapore specifically but in today's AI/tech world if you're not constantly working you're on the firing line.

        I'm in the Bay Area. It's Sunday morning and I'm working becasue I still need to pay for food, rent, and enormous medical bills and don't want to get fired, and I got yelled at by my director this morning on Slack because I'm not delivering fast enough despite squashing 12 months' worth of work into 4.

        I don't have time for books. Finding time for even exercise is hard.

        1. Insanity · · focus · HN ↗
          This sounds like mostly a USA problem and not something that extrapolates well to other countries. I had a suspicion it’d come from a US point of view lol.

          EDIT: while more common in the US, if you are actually regularly working weekends, look for a better job. In my part of FAANG I rarely have to work weekends, although the occasional crunch time can happen.

          1. qurren · · focus · HN ↗
            I've worked in Singapore before. It's not a chill work culture there either. In fact it's about the same.
        2. tempaccountabcd · · focus · HN ↗
          yet you have time for hn? lol.
    2. ValentineC · · focus · HN ↗
      > They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.

      If the "get paid to walk" programmes [1][2] were an inspiration for this, it's mostly retirees and students that will do and try to game this [3].

      [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthhub.sg&#x2F;programmes&#x2F;healthyliving" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthhub.sg&#x2F;programmes&#x2F;healthyliving

      [2] (RIP) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hpb.gov.sg&#x2F;healthy-living&#x2F;our-lumihealth-journey&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hpb.gov.sg&#x2F;healthy-living&#x2F;our-lumihealth-journey...

      [3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;5-despicable-ways-to-earn-vouchers-on.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;5-despicable-way...

      1. hdgvhicv · · focus · HN ↗
        Nobody is gaming something to make $7 a year.
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