amitpamin comments on Reinforcement and Short-Term Rewards as Anti-Akratic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: amitpamin 20 April 2013 10:22:49AM 0 points [-]

Be aware that there's significant research that extrinsic motivators crowd out intrinsic ones. Essentially, they increase total motivation at the cost of sometimes reducing intrinsic motivation, which in turn creates a reliance on the extrinsic motivators. A good book on the subject is Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, but if you do decide to read the book, be aware that the author is biased towards self-determination theory.