"Interesting vs. boring is orthogonal. So, there's interesting-hard and boring-hard. I'll accept money for either type of work, though I much prefer interesting-hard ... obviously."
How about engaging, imaginative, educational, or surprising work vs. detail work. Doing detail work may be delayed gratification or it can no purpose other than to respond to extrinsic motivation. Remove the extrinsic motivation (money), and it is boring and depressing. Ok, if one is tasked with making an app to print checks, it could be educational to learn how to put widgets on a screen or to do page layout. What that discovery process is over, either another naïve person is needed or extrinsic motivation. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
