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A ranked list that turns strangers into rivals and rivals into obsessions.
means A scoreboard ranking participants by performance, so everyone instantly knows who's winning and who's gluttoning for redemption.
from Golf gave us this one: the big board at a tournament posting players' scores, where leaders literally rose to the top column.
Golf rootsNamed for golf's score-posting boards in the 1930s.
Top spotPosition one is statistically the most stared-at line.
Game designRankings exploit our brain's craving for status.