I've been thinking about internal vs. external validation often this year. Here's an excerpt that starts looking into the outcomes of that:
THERE are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity: internal and instrumental. If a scientist conducts research because she wants to discover important facts about the world, that’s an internal motive, since discovering facts is inherently related to the activity of research. If she conducts research because she wants to achieve scholarly renown, that’s an instrumental motive, since the relation between fame and research is not so inherent.
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more in the NYT.
Thanks, +Alessia Bhargava
