Motivation, not curriculum or method, is ninety percent of the problem in education and ninety percent of the solution.

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• Most students benefit more from the motivation, accountability, and support of teachers than from unsupervised self-directed learning tools. DMDan Meyer27 May 2026educationmotivation
• People who lack intrinsic motivation to invest time upfront in a new tool often won't, even if it would save them time later AWAdam Wiggins10 Feb 2026educationmotivation
• Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. LFLex Fridman30 Sept 2025motivation
• AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson8 Apr 2026motivation
• AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations. SAScott Alexander1 Sept 2026motivation

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