Intrinsic motivation doesn't exist
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Intrinsic motivation doesn't exist
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#2Maybe intrinsic motivations should be defined as those things (e.g. curiosity, desire for power) that we like just for the sake of them, whereas extrinsic motivations are things we like because they get us to the intrinsic motivations. It's quite possible that most people don't really like money just for the sake of money, and that they just like like stuff that money buys.
There's certainly no denying the experimental evidence that monetary rewards seem to dampen interest in activities if you give them and then take them away.
The research behind Self-Determination-Theory would also suggest that most people probably share a relatively small subset of the motivations that this guy is talking about.
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#3That article consists of nothing but repeated statements "There is no proof," without any reference to numerous studies showing evidence of the verisimilitude of Intrinsic Motivation.
It's like sticking your fingers in your ear and saying "lalala I can't hear you."
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#4The theory behind why material reward makes you perform worse than usual is: while thinking on the problem, thoughts about the reward take up some expensive resources in the brain. Compared to intrinsic rewards, extrinsic ones are a novelty for the brain, so it can't help but build plans about some new possible "futures".
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#5Warren Buffett's son described him thus: He likes to be right. It's just that when he's right, he makes a lot of money.
In support of the article, a community is better off if people have (or develop) different motivations, in accordance with division of labour. Dawkins would probably damn any genetic basis of this as group selection, but it does make everyone better off.
I agree that more research is required; but pop-psychology will always prefer simple explanations (intrinsic good! extrinsic bad!). I do.
Anyone know what his 16 categories are? I think the researcher's title is link-bait. I bet some of them are (arguably) intrinsic.
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#6I never experienced intrinsic motivation, the only thing that works for me is externally imposed fear.
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#7That article consists of nothing but repeated statements "There is no proof," without any reference to numerous studies showing evidence of the verisimilitude of Intrinsic Motivation. It's like sticking your fingers in your ear and saying "lalala I can't hear you."
Right. I was expecting a link to a study, but this is just some guy's opinion, which contradicts existing research.
Also, i can't imagine one who has experienced true intrinsic motivation for a sustained period of time saying that it's not more powerful.
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#8I never experienced intrinsic motivation, the only thing that works for me is externally imposed fear.
Loneliness would probably work too, then. Arguably, this is a form of fear. It's also arguably external.
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#9This flies in the face of the research Dan Pink has been popularizing about the utility of extrinsic rewards in motivating behaviour.
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#10Does it make sense in the context of evolution? Is there a survival value in intrinsic motivation? There is survival value in curiosity.