Intrinsic Motivation: A (relatively very) deep dive(erringtowardsanswers.substack.com)
erringtowardsanswers.substack.com
Intrinsic Motivation: A (relatively very) deep dive
https://erringtowardsanswers.substack.com/p/intrinsic-motivation
https://erringtowardsanswers.substack.com/p/intrinsic-motivation
As far as i'm concerned, the more intrinsically motivated we are in our daily lives, all things being equal, the better those lives are likely to be.
As it turns out, the science on Intrinsic Motivation is far more mature than most people realise. Thousands of studies. Tens of millions of citations. Etc.
I spent a couple months with my head in this literature. Here's a review of everything that i found.