> Free contribution is rewarding as a means of helping.
> Well-paid contribution is rewarding for the $$$.
This is crucial. Changing incentives changes the social contract and relationship and does that irrevocably.
I recommend Dan Ariely’s book Amazing Decisions on this topic.
Example: You don’t pay for the thanksgiving turkey dinner at your inlaws’ and if you did that’s be rude no matter the amount.
If you give your neighbor some fruit from the tree in your yard that’s one kind of relationship. If next year you try to sell it that’s a very different one. Transitioning from one to the other is significant.
Lastly, financial incentives kill generosity. The giver now starts to worry if they’re providing too high of a value.
> Well-paid contribution is rewarding for the $$$.
This is crucial. Changing incentives changes the social contract and relationship and does that irrevocably.
I recommend Dan Ariely’s book Amazing Decisions on this topic.
Example: You don’t pay for the thanksgiving turkey dinner at your inlaws’ and if you did that’s be rude no matter the amount.
If you give your neighbor some fruit from the tree in your yard that’s one kind of relationship. If next year you try to sell it that’s a very different one. Transitioning from one to the other is significant.
Lastly, financial incentives kill generosity. The giver now starts to worry if they’re providing too high of a value.