The Humean view that motivation always bottoms out in desire makes no sense when thought through in detail.

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• 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
• An expedition can give an adventurer a powerful sense of meaning and motivation for years. AHAlastair Humphreys9 Oct 2026motivation
• Apathy and depression are different conditions, not degrees of one thing: a person can lose all motivation while remaining perfectly happy. MHMasud Husain24 Aug 2026motivation

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