Great article, but I want to rant a bit about this:
>Turns out science agrees on this: People want power because they want autonomy. Most of the time, folks desire to move up the career ladder not for pay, better title, or keys to the executive washroom (are those still a thing?) but because they wish to be able to exercise greater autonomy over their lives. Psychologist Daniel Pink agrees - he’s found that the three qualities that contribute most to workplace satisfaction and overall productivity are autonomy, mastery & purpose.
It's very common to cite psychology to explain human behavior. But I hate that it can often come off as dismissive of a person and their decisions. There's implied irrationality.
Often times the psychological need aligns fully with rational objectives.
If I were to program a robot to work a human job, and I wanted to maximize its generated income, I would try to program it to maintain its own autonomy in that workspace. Because without autonomy, resources are endangered.
>Turns out science agrees on this: People want power because they want autonomy. Most of the time, folks desire to move up the career ladder not for pay, better title, or keys to the executive washroom (are those still a thing?) but because they wish to be able to exercise greater autonomy over their lives. Psychologist Daniel Pink agrees - he’s found that the three qualities that contribute most to workplace satisfaction and overall productivity are autonomy, mastery & purpose.
It's very common to cite psychology to explain human behavior. But I hate that it can often come off as dismissive of a person and their decisions. There's implied irrationality.
Often times the psychological need aligns fully with rational objectives.
If I were to program a robot to work a human job, and I wanted to maximize its generated income, I would try to program it to maintain its own autonomy in that workspace. Because without autonomy, resources are endangered.