I don't think a significant prize is what the talk is about. It's talking about being paid a salary, being rewarded with extra vacation vs. not being paid and freedom/mastery/purpose.
A significant reward past some threshold (which will differ by society) is bound to motivate.
> A significant reward past some threshold (which will differ by society) is bound to motivate.
This seems questionable, though likely, without empirical evidence. Especially given what data we do have.
I'm merely trying to think about where that threshold could be, or what the differentiating factors are in the netflix prize, that could cause it to be fundamentally different than Ariely's rewards. Was his "large reward" simply not large enough? Is it on "medium difficult" tasks that his result holds, but not on very difficult tasks combined with very large rewards?
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I don't think a significant prize is what the talk is about. It's talking about being paid a salary, being rewarded with extra vacation vs. not being paid and freedom/mastery/purpose.
A significant reward past some threshold (which will differ by society) is bound to motivate.
> A significant reward past some threshold (which will differ by society) is bound to motivate.
This seems questionable, though likely, without empirical evidence. Especially given what data we do have.
I'm merely trying to think about where that threshold could be, or what the differentiating factors are in the netflix prize, that could cause it to be fundamentally different than Ariely's rewards. Was his "large reward" simply not large enough? Is it on "medium difficult" tasks that his result holds, but not on very difficult tasks combined with very large rewards?