asabiya (asabiyya?) is a nice concept that i just learned exists https://twitter.com/gaitanalyst/status/1382420783478177798 …
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This particular thing - taking something intrinsic and making it rewarded - was covered in my management theory courses.
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There was a bit in Freakonomics about a daycare place in Israel (iirc) where parents were late picking there kids up. They introduced fines for being late and it got way worse.
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Ibn Khaldun, cool
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Works til it doesn’t!
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people: "hey that thing you are doing as a hobby looks pretty fun, why don't you do it as a job?" me: "because if I start doing something as a job it starts being an obligation, and when something is an obligation it's a lot harder to think of it fondly"
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and then there's the evolutionary perspective: why does asabiya get "used up"? if so, one would expect regions with a long history of statehood and where much was asked of its citizens (many wars) to have very little left by now.https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/your-countrys-not-your-blood/ …
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