'The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World's Most Creative Places' is an intellectual odyssey in which author Eric Weiner travels through history and the world, from Athens to Silicon Valley,...
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36:00 when talking about the intrinsic theory of motivation... competition motivates experienced creators and demotivates inexperienced ones References Tags geographyofgenius
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37:00 Athenians had a word for people who refused to take part in public affairs, it’s where we got our word for idiot. The man who took no interest in the affairs of state was not a man who minded...
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32:00 mythos one enables creativity by removing the paralys of large scale social evaluation the expectation of a reward squelches creativity the intrinsic theory of motivation, Intrinsic Motivation...
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*This Living Document inprogressinprogress. Want to see it now? Tell me why. When J.K. Rowling was writing the final "Harry Potter" book, she checked into the Balmoral Hotel to escape the everyday...
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.. they do things differently there 38:50 References Tags geographyofgenius
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