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0 pointsams611010y ago0 comments

50 years from now, I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people.

Could not disagree more. This has been the ultimate motivator for all human accomplishment, as well as the evolutionary enhancement of all living things on the planet.

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fsloth10y ago

Uh, are you sure? No one will starve to death in Sweden and thei businesses are internationally quite competetive.

I would claim Maslows hierarchy is a pretty good model of human motivation - people strive for great things just to be admired and for the love of the art. Not everyone - but those that wont will not turn into Leonardo da Vincis through starvation.

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