value as a function of audience
I was recently recommended a YouTube video about 'how to live a cool life like x videogame character'. It offered several tips, primarily habit stacking—organizing actions so one positive habit triggers the next, mimicking in-game mechanics.
Initially, I found the video naive; the advice felt obvious. Because I already understand habit stacking, it felt like content intended for a younger version of myself, using gaming metaphors to make the concepts more palatable.
Then I realized that is exactly why the video is valuable: it serves a real audience which wouldn't be reached otherwise.
Hieraching yourself over or under others can really mess up how you see things: that video is making the world a better place, my arrogance was doing the opposite (even if it was contained inside me).