(December 26, 2013 at 11:49 am)Blake the Heretic Wrote: I can imagine laziness being a motivator . . .I'm not sure if you can be motivated to do nothing. I think we're talking about a lack of motivation, here.
For my two cents, dread is an excellent motivator. People think their recent ancestors, and almost every teacher in the past 5000 years, were being unnecessarily cruel for using corporal punishment. However, is smugly sitting back and thinking how wonderful it is that we are "more understanding and compassionate" a good substitute for success and accomplishment? I'm not sure that America, as liberal as it is (I mean libertarian, not big-L "Liberal"), is setting a shining example for the merits of watching kids be lazy douches and just letting it persist because you don't want to hurt their little feelings.
