I think that’s a good critique, although it can be mitigated somewhat with a narrower interpretation. In the narrower view, motivation (e.g., “effort required to unlock”) is a necessary but not sufficient precursor to various actions.
Being a jerk on X requires only low motivation, but if I’m not prone to being a jerk in the first place then my response to that level of motivation will be [no action], which will not result in any criticism. Conditional on someone posting criticism at that level of motivation, the criticism will be ~ in the form of mean tweets, because the motivation level isn’t high enough to unlock higher forms of criticism.
My impression is that high quality work on both sides is done by people with strong inherent dedication to truth-seeking and intellectual inquiry [ . . .]
. . . as well as sufficient motivation and resources to do so. As with the lower levels, I suggest that high motivation unlocks high-level work in the sense that it is a necessary but not sufficient precondition. This means that people with strong inherent dedication to truth-seeking and intellectual inquiry will still not produce high-quality work unless they are motivated enough to do so.
I think that’s a good critique, although it can be mitigated somewhat with a narrower interpretation. In the narrower view, motivation (e.g., “effort required to unlock”) is a necessary but not sufficient precursor to various actions.
Being a jerk on X requires only low motivation, but if I’m not prone to being a jerk in the first place then my response to that level of motivation will be [no action], which will not result in any criticism. Conditional on someone posting criticism at that level of motivation, the criticism will be ~ in the form of mean tweets, because the motivation level isn’t high enough to unlock higher forms of criticism.
. . . as well as sufficient motivation and resources to do so. As with the lower levels, I suggest that high motivation unlocks high-level work in the sense that it is a necessary but not sufficient precondition. This means that people with strong inherent dedication to truth-seeking and intellectual inquiry will still not produce high-quality work unless they are motivated enough to do so.