july

Incentives only gets you as far as the incentives go
Intrinsic motivation, when nurtured, knows no bounds

Great PG essay about this

In a nutshell boils down to that saying of not asking your team to build you a boat, but instead instilling in them the desire of the sea.

creating and destroying; flying cars, jet engines, roc.camera, july.rocks /faust

Great PG essay about this

In a nutshell boils down to that saying of not asking your team to build you a boat, but instead instilling in them the desire of the sea.

https://paulgraham.com/own.html

incentives can also add all kinds of friction against intrinsic motivation

for real https://media.tenor.com/oWZMJ79h0LwAAAAC/nissan-drift

Incentives become a game, so people play the game to win. As any species, we try to maximize the benefits with less effort, so incentives create subtle ways for people to win the game by making shortcuts that only benefit the game.

imagine meeting people with intrinsic motivation who can curate plays and not only games all day long despite all the limitations. now, found a grove with these people.

When the incentives are right, you don't even need goals.