The thing to watch out for here is the classic "perverse incentives" problem in economics, which in this case would be he lets in a bunch of flies so he can then swat them and earn more money than he would otherwise.

Although that seems to not be the case here... apparently he's not looking for ways to "game" the system... 😅

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Honestly, I wouldn't be angry if he did try to game the system it's part of learning to be successful in our society! 🤣🤑🤣

When I was little we often had these types of games set for us, and we'd get bonuses for gaming the system. The only time we'd get punished is if we got caught by a person from outside the family.

This kid could have picked up an extra $20 just from the windowsills but nah, why bother I guess? Can't relate. But whatever there are many less flies now and the screens are fixed so all's well that ends well!

creating problems to get credit to solve them is called the cobra effect.

it's the daily business of politicians.

It's a good strategy for getting what you want, but then again I was raised in the D.C. metro area so maybe it's been normalized to me 🤷‍♀️

not surprising since that's exactly what most jobs in DC are about