slothrop@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoCrows are intelligent birds and learn quickly – even from each other. In Sweden, they are used to collect cigarette butts and bring them to a machine that automatically rewards them with peanuts.lemmy.caimagemessage-square108linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageCrows are intelligent birds and learn quickly – even from each other. In Sweden, they are used to collect cigarette butts and bring them to a machine that automatically rewards them with peanuts.lemmy.caslothrop@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square108linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareVritrahan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoAren’t we all working voluntarily? Or are some of us enslaved property?
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoSome people won’t be happy until the tyranny of extrinsic motivation is entirely banished. I wish them well, so I try to keep them motivated with little treats at semi-random intervals.
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agooh you sweet child… bless your heart.
Aren’t we all working voluntarily? Or are some of us enslaved property?
Some people won’t be happy until the tyranny of extrinsic motivation is entirely banished. I wish them well, so I try to keep them motivated with little treats at semi-random intervals.
oh you sweet child… bless your heart.