Posted: Jun 08, 2010 1:49 am
by Mr.Samsa
Teshi wrote:
Yeah he seems to be trying to make some massive counter-intuitive point probably in order to sell a few books


To me, this seems intuitive. Why is it necessarily un-intuitive?


The idea that paying people more money results in worse performance isn't counter-intuitive? Granted it's not as wacky as quantum mechanics, and we can think up good reasons why it would occur, but surely most people would think that more money = more work? Hence the main thrust of his presentation in the video above was: "This and this makes sense, right? Wrong! Here's why I think this is...".