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Huluk comments on What attracts people to learning things that they consider neither interesting nor important? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Huluk 14 March 2014 09:15:58PM 1 point [-]

Which would make the activity an instrument for pleasing the person in power, i.e. important for getting a reward / not getting punishment.