The drive for extrinsic rewards such as money has a peculiar impact on creativity.
(I hope I just linked the right video, because I can't actually watch it to verify).
In general, extrinsic rewards cause us to narrow our focus on our target goals. This makes us perform better in straightforward, step by step tasks. However it results in poor performance in tasks which require creativity. To focus means to close off our minds to distraction, but creativity is served better by less focus, by a broader perspective.
The issues that result from extrinsic motivation are something that are a long term concern on Steem I think. However so far it has mostly worked out fine.
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