The Risks of Rewards
Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes
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We get educated out of our creativity. We unlearn our willingness to take risks and be wrong. Robinson goes on in his talk to define creativity as “the process of having original ideas that have value.” Our education system is educating people out of having original ideas that have value. Let that notion sink in for a moment.
Seth Goldenberg • Radical Curiosity: Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures
How rewards harm motivation:
@alfiekohn did a study where two groups of teens were told that a toy company wanted to film them playing with a toy they were developing.
One group was told just that, while the other group was also told they'd be paid $5 for their... See more
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