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The polity that is Singapore

…this month, Singapore launched a scheme promising actual cash to citizens as a reward for logging reading time on a government website.

  • Singapore offers cash rewards for reading on government website
  • Earn $1 for 50 15-minute sessions, one per day limit
  • Behavioral scientists see gamified scheme as smarter than reward alone

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