β Scribed by Ariely, Dan
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Introduction: From tragedy to meaning and motivation: on the complexity of motivation, and a personal story -- How to destroy motivation, or: Work as a prison movie: why it's astonishingly easy to demotivate someone -- The joy of (even thinking that we are) making something: on our deep attachment to our own ideas and creations -- Money is from Mars, pizza is from Venus, and compliments are from Jupiter: why money matters far less than we think -- On death, relationships, and meaning: the crazy urge for symbolic immortality, and how love conquers all -- Epilogue: The answer to the ultimate question: the mystery of motivation, in summary.
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