> “There is no reason that money can't be an effective motivator, or that grades can't motivate students in school,” he said.

Ok, well then what about this [1] video from this [2] submission?

This makes me think about something else entirely: It should be easier to draw connections between submissions like these. It should be easier to link repetitive discussions into a cohesive whole. It should be easier to build something grand from the time we invest in social news communities. As it is, it often feels like a waste of time. Someone please build this. My time's spoken for.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1357390

Edit: It'd be somewhere around the intersection of Stack Overflow, Wikipedia and HN