Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven indivi…

Alfie Kohn
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Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe. ✨ Alfie Kohn (1999). Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, p.154, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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