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Monkey test@ Harlow - Monkeys are solving puzzles and they engage well. When there are external motivation they make more errors .

the effects on externally mediated rewards in intrinsic motivation - Edward desci - when money is used intrinsic motivation decreased, while verbal positive rewards increased the motivation.

Ralph Merkle wrote about Bitcoin as life:Bitcoin is the first example of a new form of life. It lives and breathes on the internet. It lives because it can pay people to keep it alive. It lives because it performs a useful service that people will pay it to perform. … It can’t be stopped. It can’t even be interrupted. If nuclear war destroyed half ... See more

Differentiated value. Competitive alternatives are not competiion in comparison. i.e statusquo

DECI - replicates a test on humans - solving puzzles . the group that external motivations for solving puzzles spend less time on solving puzzles,

the ideal of many-sidedness, the universal man (uomo universal) was put forward in the renaissance itself...

Personas are people, sales reps who are the end-user, Eric the IT person, and Janet the sales rep, John the champion in the account (the most important).

Most workers are reasonable about what they expect to receive from their organization as long as they’re treated with respect and are given the opportunity to influence key decisions that may affect them.