Book Promo 2 (Muffins)
A curve of total happiness versus muffins eaten rises, peaks around muffin 3 or 4, and crashes by muffin 10: diminishing (then negative) marginal utility.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-18-book-promo-2/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Graph: Total Happiness vs. Muffins Eaten — rises, peaks, then falls]
"Muffin 1: Tasty Fun." "Muffin 2: Pleasant Chew." "Muffin 3: Enough For Me." "Muffin 4: Now a Chore." "Muffin 10: Never Again."