I think our obsession with extrinsic motivation is a fairly recent phenomenon, that came with the industrial revolution and the capitalist bureaucracies it spaw

I 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!