Re: extrinsic rewards, I recall in grad school hearing that while the initial results of removal of such incentives led to a decrease below baseline of the behavior, it eventually returned. That would be plausible if the culture really valued the behavior that was being rewarded, but not if it didn’t practice what was preached. Still, the issue reminds me of Peter Secretan’s notion of inspiration instead of motivation. It comes back to values, I reckon.
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