Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 25, 2016I think I'll call this the reverse Hawthorne effect. I'll leave you to figure out why.Quote TweetVenkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 25, 2016The zeroth order effect of any incentive is that you adversely select for incentive-driven people over (say) volition or purpose driven ones114
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 25, 2016Replying to @vgrHint: The default purpose of designing an incentive is so you can stop actually caring by automating the behaviors of caring.137
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgrPrinciple: the general purpose of an incentive is not to reward or punish, but to *bias* reward or punishment away from zero for robustness3:35 PM · Aug 25, 20161 Retweet5 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 25, 2016Replying to @vgrThe agent is still responsible for mindfully monitoring and inspecting behaviors being incentivized. Aka "caring, and being seen to care"25