Intrinsic Motivation: A (relatively very) deep dive

Intrinsic motivation is linked to greater wellbeing, greater creativity, greater task persistence, and greater learning.

As far as i'm concerned, the more intrinsically motivated we are in our daily lives, all things being equal, the better those lives are likely to be.

As it turns out, the science on Intrinsic Motivation is far more mature than most people realise. Thousands of studies. Tens of millions of citations. Etc.

I spent a couple months with my head in this literature. Here's a review of everything that i found.