Interesting Links for 8-6-2011

[andrewducker]

• Why You Can’t Get My Book in [Insert Country Here] (Scalzi on regionalisation)
  (tags: books publishing)
• Women warriors show psychological resilience similar to men
  (tags: psychology trauma military war gender)
• Frankenstein Superstar - a rather spiffy webcomic. Not suitable for reading in work, but well worth reading at home.
  (tags: frankenstein webcomic comic funny)
• A warning to Scottish separatists. If you're not careful you'll end up like Norway!
  (tags: norway scotland independence)
• Dr Who renewed for another 14 episodes with Matt Smith.
  (tags: DrWho StevenMoffat)
• Samsung Delivers Galaxy S II to CyanogenMod Dev, Says Get to Work
  (tags: android samsung opensource awesome)
• Russian President Proposes Creative Commons-Style Rules Baked Directly Into Copyright
  (tags: copyright russia)
• Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up abortion billboard.
  (tags: privacy freespeech abortion)
• Okay. Now I want a pirate cinema. Arrrrr!
  (tags: cinema design awesome)
• 12 Unusual and Creative Home Theaters. I want the Batman one.
  (tags: design movies awesome)

Comments

[andrewducker]

Of course that's how markets work.

And of course markets aren't perfect, and social expectations get involved. I didn't get jobs in the past because I hadn't earned enough in the past to be considered a good fit for that job, despite that being just because I'd worked for small companies in the past who just didn't pay as much.

When you involve large companies in a market they distort it. When you involve HR departments (and the rules that go along with them) in a market they distort it. When you involve people in markets their expectations affect it.

But that doesn't mean that it isn't fundamentally a market. I remember reading about Ben and Jerry's putting in place a maximum multiplier for their company, so that the top level people couldn't earn more than X times what the lowest level person was earning. And then having to remove it because they could not get a decent person of exec level at that cost. Anyone worth having was snapped up by companies paying vastly more.

I don't know what we see differently about motivation. My view seems to be the one shared by psychologists and suchlike, but that may well be because it's based on stuff I've read about the psychology of motivation. No idea what your different view is.

On motivation

[0olong.livejournal.com]

You've seen this, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

Re: On motivation

[andrewducker]

Can't see youtube until tonight. What is it?

The awesome TED talk about what actually motivates people?

Re: On motivation

[0olong.livejournal.com]

Sorry, bad form to post bare YouTube links, I know. Not an actual TED talk - RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA. In fact, I haven't seen the TED version of the talk, and probably should. :)

Re: On motivation

[andrewducker]

Can't remember if I've seen the animated version, but even if I have it'll be worth a rewatch. Cheers!