Intrinsic motivation, described as a person's desire to complete activities for their own benefit, typically causes people to take action without external encouragement or influence. Thomas Malone, a ...

Goals are galvanizing. Invigorating. Goals create a sense of purpose and meaning. As the steel magnate Andrew Carnegie once said, “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, ...

Words have no intrinsic meaning. That is to say that the words don’t have meaning in and of themselves. Words are symbols of thoughts. We attach thoughts to words. The degree to which those ...

Dr. Rettler is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming. In this essay, I want to clarify and respond to a prevalent assertion regarding bitcoin — that “bitcoin has no ...

According to the "Ipsos Equalities Index 2024," 49% of Baby Boomers believe success depends on individual merit and effort. In a society that often embraces the philosophy of meritocracy, which ...

DR. ROSS ASHBY 1 is right (defining “right” as “what I think the best people think” and “best” as “tha class of people who think as I do”) in his conclusions that no message has intrinsic meaning, and ...