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I’m lucky: I love my work. For many Americans, that's the dream: to do something that not only keeps a roof over your head but interests you and aligns with your values.

Intrinsic motivation – doing something because you find it satisfying, with or without reward – is all well and good. But there can be a danger to loving your work, according to Rice University management professor Mijeong Kwon. People who are passionate about what they do often expect other people to love work, too – and judge them if they don’t.

In Kwon’s studies, people who treated intrinsic motivation like a virtue were more likely to see other reasons to work as morally inferior. And that can backfire, both for individual workers and whole offices. “Some team members are celebrated as ‘true believers’ and others are quietly marginalized,” she explains. “Expressing love for one’s work becomes a kind of commodity – one more way to get ahead.”

This week we also liked stories on how using chatbots for search influences learning, the potential impact of closing climate adaptation science centers around the U.S., and what the historical record shows about the proposed false flag operation from 1962 known as Operation Northwoods.

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