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Yep, copying the external surface behavior of exceptionalism misses how a lot of exceptionalism is due to compounding internal motivation and meaning making.

A way of being that constantly re-emphasizes that way of being. Super-linear growth that doesn't stall out or crumble when external motivation is absent.

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I don’t buy that truly intrinsic motivation exists. If anything I think the display of intrinsic motivation is an external performance more than anything.

If everyone a person cared about was taken away, I can’t convince myself that they’ll still have the motivation to perform the same way they did before

If intrinsic motivation didn’t exist wouldn’t we all want the same thing. intrinsic motivation seems to be the driver to create.

Not really, the desire to be unique and different is also one that’s relative to other people

Yes, that relativity you mention is exactly what I assume is measuring intrinsic motivation. So without it there would be little variation.

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