Alex Imas
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Really repetitive things and feedback like you didn't do it right, do it again.
And things like – and these were impossible tasks for them to do.
These were just like grueling tasks that nobody can do.
Oh, is there?
Called Man's Search for Meaning.
And it's about Legos.
And it's a paper.
Basically, people would come into the lab and they would make little figurines.
And they were told, look, we're going to destroy this after you're done.
Versus they weren't told anything.
And man, did they hate it.
They hate... People need meaning and...
So much of like identity and motivation, you know, in economics, we really have this tendency to focus on money.
But I think so much of meaning and wellness is tied up in like what sort of identity you have around your job and the sort of thing that you're doing.
If you feel like, look, I'm actually providing a service by moving that dirt to my neighbor's yard.
You're paying me money for it.
Everything's good.