It doesn’t really motivate, it’s a feeble attempt to boost motivation via extrinsic motivation. Unfortunately (or fortunately), extrinsic motivation doesn’t wo

It doesn’t really motivate, it’s a feeble attempt to boost motivation via extrinsic motivation. Unfortunately (or fortunately), extrinsic motivation doesn’t work long term, doesn’t work if the extrinsic motivation stops, and most importantly, kills intrinsic motivation. See Alfie Kohn’s book Punished by Rewards, containing dozens of pages of research proving the above. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punished_by_Rewards https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punished_by_Rewards Extrinsic motivation is short term, naive, and harmful - but people trying to control the uncontrollable still like it and use it because it gives them the illusion of control. It does not serve the learners.