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Old Mar 18, 2006, 09:48 am   #11 (permalink) (top)
tman_ndsu08
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While I see your point and empathize with it in several contexts, I think "Incentive is the only human motivation" is a bit overstated. And "incentive" is a rather ill-defined word. Humans are motivated for a number of reasons, and all could perhaps be referred to as incentives, but then all you're really saying is that all humans do everything for a reason. No shit. :)
You are speaking of a specific motivation for a certain group of people (if one can honestly use that term in reference to bureaucrats), a topic with which I agree with you.
I'm saying that altruism is a fantasy.
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