The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.

The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic 'right-brain' thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.

Intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity; controlling extrinsic motivation is detrimental to creativity.

The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further.

Wikipedia represents a belief in the supremacy of reason and goodness of others.

In economic terms, we've always thought of work as a disutility - as something you do to get something else. Now it's increasingly a utility - something that's valuable and worthy in its own right.

Anytime you're tempted to upsell someone else, stop what you're doing and upserve instead.