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Alfie Kohn’s book Punished by Rewards goes in depth with this and provides tons of research. It is mind blowing how ingrained extrinsic motivation methods are
by andrei_says_ 5y ago
Alfie Kohn’s book Punished by Rewards goes in depth with this and provides tons of research.
It is mind blowing how ingrained extrinsic motivation methods are in our families, culture, and institutions - despite being clearly counterproductive and downright harmful.
- kqr 5y agoI think our obsession with extrinsic motivation is a fairly recent phenomenon, that came with the industrial revolution and the capitalist bureaucracies it spawned to control workers. So it's not that surprising. But I'm glad more and more people are starting to see it for the historic anomaly it is!