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"Are all actions in life based on interest only"?
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RE: "Are all actions in life based on interest only"?
I'm interpreting interest to mean personal gain. This is very different from saying there is always a reason for our actions, or even more abstractly that there's always a cause, in which case only actions born out of pure randomness would qualify.

There is some research in motivation suggesting that the wrong incentive can interfere with your decision to do something. For example, blood donations usually go down when a cash incentive is offered. This is because people donate blood altruistically to help others, but when you are paid to do so this interferes with your motivation.
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RE: "Are all actions in life based on interest only"? - by John 6IX Breezy - April 12, 2023 at 11:55 am

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