yep, this is part of the class of games called "Idle games" or "incremental game...

		valbaca on July 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Higher order derivatives in everyday life? yep, this is part of the class of games called "Idle games" or "incremental games" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_game Universal paperclips is a famous one: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html