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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overjustification_effect

If you're writing for the joy of writing (intrinsic motivation) and then start getting paid for it (attaching an extrinsic motivation to it) the original "for the joy of X" tends to get lost.

It isn't a "who wouldn't" but rather a "why would you".



This is because creativity comes from a state of mind that is difficult to force, just as with sleep.




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