Motivational

TagLast edit: 18 May 2022 5:56 UTC by rjemy s

The Motivational tag covers posts that focus on inspiring us to do good (either a specific kind of good, or whatever we already want to work on).

We hope that reading through this collection will lift your spirits and spur you to beneficial action!

If a post motivates you to do good, or you think it will motivate others, upvote it. There are no wrong answers.

500 Million, But Not A Single One More

jai25 May 2020 16:31 UTC

595 points

29 comments3 min readEA link

(laneless.substack.com)

What gives me hope

Michelle_Hutchinson19 May 2021 10:00 UTC

209 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

Four reasons I find AI safety emotionally compelling

Kat Woods28 Jun 2022 14:01 UTC

32 points

5 comments4 min readEA link

On Caring

So8res7 Oct 2014 5:12 UTC

302 points

16 comments10 min readEA link

Doing good is as good as it ever was

Denise_Melchin22 Jan 2020 22:09 UTC

120 points

26 comments4 min readEA link

I doubled the world record cycling without hands for AMF

Vincent van der Holst11 Jun 2024 8:57 UTC

339 points

11 comments5 min readEA link

The most important lesson I learned after ten years in EA

Kat Woods3 Aug 2022 12:28 UTC

192 points

8 comments6 min readEA link

Positive roles of life and experience in suffering-focused ethics

Teo Ajantaival22 May 2021 16:05 UTC

49 points

1 comment19 min readEA link

Briefly, the life of Tetsu Nakamura (1946-2019)

Emrik3 Oct 2022 15:44 UTC

155 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Effective Altruism: Not as bad as you think

JamesÖz24 Nov 2022 13:11 UTC

169 points

18 comments10 min readEA link

(jamesozden.substack.com)

[Question] What quotes do you find most inspire you to use your resources (effectively) to help others?

Luke Freeman18 Nov 2020 6:46 UTC

55 points

55 comments1 min readEA link

Henry (John Green video)

Stephen Clare16 Aug 2023 7:35 UTC

64 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Why I view effective giving as complementary to direct work

JulianHazell31 Jul 2022 19:57 UTC

172 points

9 comments5 min readEA link

Maintaining Motivation

EA Global20 Mar 2021 7:00 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

When in doubt, apply*

Vaidehi Agarwalla 🔸23 Jan 2022 19:07 UTC

66 points

7 comments8 min readEA link

The Legend of Dr. Oguntola Sapara

jai8 May 2023 6:34 UTC

66 points

9 comments6 min readEA link

(laneless.substack.com)

The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle

Peter Singer9 Sep 2014 15:16 UTC

70 points

32 comments6 min readEA link

Candy for Nets

Jeff Kaufman29 Sep 2019 11:11 UTC

175 points

9 comments2 min readEA link

Keeping Absolutes in Mind

Michelle_Hutchinson21 Oct 2018 22:40 UTC

145 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

Emphasizing emotional altruism in effective altruism

michel5 Jul 2022 19:47 UTC

148 points

23 comments11 min readEA link

Aim high, even if you fall short

Julia_Wise🔸11 Oct 2014 17:26 UTC

151 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

A summary of every Replacing Guilt post

Akash30 Jun 2022 0:24 UTC

127 points

5 comments10 min readEA link

Don’t rest too long on progress

JoeJones30 Sep 2024 14:29 UTC

4 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

EA Birthday Posts: An Alternative to Fundraisers

kuhanj7 Nov 2020 2:02 UTC

127 points

7 comments8 min readEA link

Why I find longtermism hard, and what keeps me motivated

Michelle_Hutchinson22 Feb 2021 23:01 UTC

216 points

15 comments7 min readEA link

Don’t Be Bycatch

DirectedEvolution10 Mar 2021 5:28 UTC

363 points

19 comments3 min readEA link

EA is good, actually

Amy Labenz28 Nov 2023 15:59 UTC

270 points

15 comments4 min readEA link

Savoring my moral circle

Angelina Li26 Dec 2022 3:02 UTC

87 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Can I have impact if I’m average?

Fabienne3 Jan 2021 9:20 UTC

213 points

18 comments2 min readEA link

Creative Writing Contest: The Winning Entries

Aaron Gertler 🔸26 Dec 2021 10:43 UTC

124 points

12 comments2 min readEA link

I saved a kid’s life today

michel7 Aug 2023 12:28 UTC

312 points

17 comments2 min readEA link

Finding it hard to retain my belief in altruism

oriooctopus2 Jan 2019 6:00 UTC

10 points

5 comments4 min readEA link

The Bystander

Linch10 Jan 2016 20:16 UTC

7 points

10 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What are your favorite examples of moral heroism/altruism in movies and books?

Caro26 Apr 2021 16:26 UTC

26 points

13 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What are some 1:1 meetings you’d like to arrange, and how can people find you?

Aaron Gertler 🔸18 Mar 2020 5:02 UTC

35 points

14 comments1 min readEA link

Why and how to start a for-profit company serving emerging markets

Ben Kuhn6 Nov 2019 1:00 UTC

148 points

15 comments6 min readEA link

(www.benkuhn.net)

A Thanksgiving gratitude exercise for EAs

Geoffrey Miller22 Nov 2022 19:32 UTC

68 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

A summary of every “Highlights from the Sequences” post

Akash15 Jul 2022 23:05 UTC

47 points

3 comments17 min readEA link

The Value of a Life

So8res17 Feb 2015 17:33 UTC

38 points

11 comments10 min readEA link

Problem areas beyond 80,000 Hours’ current priorities

Arden Koehler22 Jun 2020 12:49 UTC

276 points

62 comments15 min readEA link

SHOW: A framework for shaping your talent for direct work

RyanCarey12 Mar 2019 17:16 UTC

215 points

29 comments8 min readEA link

For the mental health of those affected by the FTX crisis...

Daystar Eld11 Nov 2022 10:04 UTC

122 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

Effective Altruism is Not a Competition

Peter Wildeford5 Jan 2017 2:11 UTC

73 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

Framing Effective Altruism as Overcoming Indifference

DM25 May 2019 12:10 UTC

87 points

8 comments6 min readEA link

EAF’s ballot initiative doubled Zurich’s development aid

Jonas V13 Jan 2020 11:32 UTC

309 points

23 comments12 min readEA link

Minding Our Way – Conviction without self-deception

Tessa A 🔸8 May 2016 13:56 UTC

9 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

Minding Our Way – Dive In

Tessa A 🔸13 Jun 2016 14:52 UTC

10 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

Radical Career Transitions: Skunk Baxter and the Barefoot Contessa

christian.r4 Mar 2022 22:20 UTC

15 points

1 comment2 min readEA link

It’s OK to feed stray cats

Julia_Wise🔸28 Jan 2020 10:33 UTC

132 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

(www.givinggladly.com)

Effective altruism quotes

Pablo17 Sep 2014 6:47 UTC

7 points

26 comments1 min readEA link

‘Ugh Fields’, or why you can’t even bear to think about that task

Robert_Wiblin14 Sep 2020 16:39 UTC

60 points

1 comment5 min readEA link

[Creative Nonfiction] The Toba Supervolcanic Eruption

Jackson Wagner29 Oct 2021 17:02 UTC

55 points

3 comments6 min readEA link

Against the “smarts fetish”

Magnus Vinding8 Apr 2022 7:54 UTC

139 points

38 comments7 min readEA link

Charitable Giving is a Life Hack

Vasco Grilo🔸16 Aug 2024 16:01 UTC

41 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

(mindmeandering.substack.com)

Celebrating rejection

rcohen24 Jan 2022 6:41 UTC

43 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

(www.theatlantic.com)

How we promoted EA at a large tech company

ParthThaya25 Jan 2020 19:55 UTC

116 points

10 comments7 min readEA link

(medium.com)

Consider a wider range of jobs, paths and problems if you want to improve the long-term future

Robert_Wiblin29 Jun 2020 14:48 UTC

150 points

6 comments4 min readEA link

Don’t steer with guilt

So8res13 Jul 2015 6:47 UTC

15 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

There are a bajillion jobs working on plant-based foods right now

scottweathers12 Jul 2019 16:13 UTC

99 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

EA needs money more than ever

Alexandre Zajic25 Apr 2022 15:38 UTC

119 points

5 comments2 min readEA link

Why do you give (or pursue work in effective altruism)? (Open thread)

Lizka1 Dec 2022 17:19 UTC

27 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

A positive perspective on the future of the movement

Gidi Kadosh13 Nov 2022 18:39 UTC

21 points

8 comments1 min readEA link

The Parable of the Boy Who Cried 5% Chance of Wolf

Kat Woods15 Aug 2022 14:22 UTC

77 points

8 comments2 min readEA link

On future people, looking back at 21st century longtermism

Joe_Carlsmith22 Mar 2021 8:21 UTC

102 points

13 comments12 min readEA link

Kelsey Piper on “The Life You Can Save”

Aaron Gertler 🔸4 Jan 2021 20:58 UTC

60 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

(www.vox.com)

[Question] Where are you donating this year, and why? (Open thread)

Lizka23 Nov 2022 12:26 UTC

151 points

81 comments1 min readEA link

Max Tegmark: Effective altruism, existential risk, and existential hope

EA Global2 Jun 2017 8:48 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.youtube.com)

Lifeguards

Akash10 Jun 2022 21:12 UTC

69 points

11 comments2 min readEA link

Things I Learned at the EA Student Summit

Akash27 Oct 2020 19:03 UTC

148 points

13 comments6 min readEA link

Progress book recommendations

Daniel May8 Aug 2019 20:47 UTC

73 points

7 comments16 min readEA link

(danielmamay.github.io)

“Other comments” that make my day: What people have said when signing up to GWWC

Luke Freeman20 May 2021 0:02 UTC

93 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Altruistic Motivations

So8res4 Jan 2019 20:38 UTC

52 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

Notes on impostor syndrome

Lizka6 Jun 2022 10:56 UTC

90 points

9 comments15 min readEA link

Illegible impact is still impact

Gordon Seidoh Worley13 Feb 2020 21:45 UTC

134 points

9 comments6 min readEA link

Actually possible: thoughts on Utopia

Joe_Carlsmith18 Jan 2021 8:27 UTC

86 points

5 comments13 min readEA link

[Question] How do you stay emotionally motivated while working on highly specific problems?

Dawn Drescher2 May 2021 14:22 UTC

18 points

3 comments4 min readEA link

[Question] What are you grateful for?

MaxDalton27 Nov 2020 9:47 UTC

71 points

22 comments1 min readEA link

Motivational Resources for Longtermists

Akash8 Dec 2021 19:58 UTC

6 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

An unofficial Replacing Guilt tier list

Akash2 Jul 2022 22:59 UTC

41 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

There’s Lots More To Do

Jeff Kaufman29 May 2019 19:58 UTC

134 points

30 comments2 min readEA link

Minding Our Way – Deliberate Once

Tessa A 🔸23 May 2016 13:47 UTC

16 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

My vision of a good future, part I

Jeffrey Ladish6 Jul 2022 1:23 UTC

34 points

3 comments9 min readEA link

Good things that happened in EA this year

Shakeel Hashim29 Dec 2022 13:53 UTC

280 points

13 comments3 min readEA link

How Many Lives Does X-Risk Work Save From Nonexistence On Average?

Jordan Arel8 Dec 2022 21:44 UTC

34 points

12 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] How did our historical moral heroes deal with severe adversity and/or moral compromise?

Linch9 Jan 2023 18:12 UTC

46 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Existential Hope Day, satellite to EAG Bay Area, February 27, 2023, in SF

elteerkers10 Jan 2023 9:44 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

A Thanksgiving gratitude post to EA

Joy Bittner23 Nov 2023 13:38 UTC

154 points

7 comments4 min readEA link

Appreciation thread Feb 2023

Michelle_Hutchinson5 Feb 2023 10:09 UTC

156 points

38 comments1 min readEA link

Don’t Over-Update On Others’ Failures

lincolnq15 Feb 2023 16:52 UTC

152 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

(www.lincolnquirk.com)

Why I love effective altruism

Michelle_Hutchinson1 Mar 2023 9:41 UTC

407 points

12 comments5 min readEA link

Fighting without hope

Akash1 Mar 2023 18:15 UTC

35 points

9 comments1 min readEA link

Benefits of being rejected from CEA’s Online team

Ben_West🔸3 Jul 2023 16:34 UTC

53 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Winners in the Forum’s Donation Election (2023)

Lizka24 Dec 2023 1:55 UTC

124 points

14 comments9 min readEA link

Immutable Spirits: Not One More Lost; Not One Forgotten

Tim Sankara1 Dec 2023 10:32 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

In favour of ‘personal policies’

Michelle_Hutchinson13 Nov 2022 10:15 UTC

93 points

8 comments8 min readEA link

Life in a Day: The film that opened my heart to effective altruism

Aaron Gertler 🔸27 Apr 2023 22:44 UTC

179 points

9 comments6 min readEA link

A 28-Second Tip On How To Get Stuff Done

Wes Reisen16 Sep 2023 14:09 UTC

−4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Let’s celebrate some wins

Nathan Young31 Oct 2023 10:43 UTC

37 points

12 comments1 min readEA link

Rejection thread: stories and tips

Luisa_Rodriguez22 Jun 2023 15:00 UTC

60 points

9 comments3 min readEA link

Be More Katja

Nathan Young11 Mar 2024 21:12 UTC

34 points

18 comments1 min readEA link

Songs from ‘The Kinks’ resonating with EA ideas and experiences

Sam_Coggins21 Mar 2024 5:20 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Why I’m still going out to bat for the EA movement post FTX

Gemma 🔸30 Sep 2023 15:02 UTC

162 points

11 comments7 min readEA link

(bashingthearc.substack.com)

Do What You Can (A Poem)

ElliotTep1 Jul 2024 10:53 UTC

168 points

7 comments3 min readEA link

The Unweaving of a Beautiful Thing

atb26 Dec 2021 10:24 UTC

358 points

46 comments23 min readEA link

On Living

emre kaplan🔸1 Aug 2024 0:57 UTC

39 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Effective altruism as the most exciting cause in the world

Kaj_Sotala26 Sep 2014 9:17 UTC

103 points

12 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What are some artworks relevant to EA?

Lizka17 Jan 2022 1:54 UTC

51 points

32 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What music do you find most inspires you to use your resources (effectively) to help others?

So-Low Growth21 Nov 2020 13:54 UTC

18 points

23 comments1 min readEA link

Efective Altruism Quotes

Evan_Gaensbauer1 Aug 2015 13:49 UTC

3 points

16 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Looking for: songs or art that inspire EA values

Caitlin Borke7 Feb 2024 15:08 UTC

37 points

19 comments1 min readEA link

L’altruismo efficace, la causa più entusiasmante del mondo

EA Italy18 Jan 2023 11:39 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

(altruismoefficace.it)

Article on the impact of new(ish) cystic fibrosis treatment

Nathan_Barnard8 Mar 2024 20:54 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

(www.theatlantic.com)

“Holy Shit, X-risk” talk

michel15 Aug 2022 5:04 UTC

13 points

2 comments9 min readEA link

Look Out The Window

TW12312 May 2022 21:16 UTC

77 points

3 comments2 min readEA link

Freaking out about x-risk doesn’t help; settle in for the long war

Holly_Elmore2 Nov 2024 0:00 UTC

55 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

To Share the Hymns of Love and Truth

AlephHead1 Jan 2023 13:13 UTC

19 points

2 comments2 min readEA link

My mistakes on the path to impact

Denise_Melchin4 Dec 2020 22:13 UTC

430 points

74 comments11 min readEA link

On absurdity

OllieBase10 Oct 2022 20:24 UTC

170 points

13 comments4 min readEA link

On being compromised

Gavin5 Jan 2023 12:56 UTC

187 points

46 comments1 min readEA link

You Don’t Have to Call Yourself an Effective Altruist or Fraternize With Effective Altruists or Support Longtermism, Just Please, for the Love of God, Help the Global Poor

Omnizoid16 Dec 2022 22:14 UTC

178 points

4 comments2 min readEA link

Stories and altruism

robm_73@hotmail.com20 May 2019 8:37 UTC

26 points

13 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] Who does work you are thankful for?

Nathan Young23 May 2023 14:03 UTC

56 points

7 comments1 min readEA link

Linkpost: Big Wins for Farm Animals This Decade

JamesÖz11 Jan 2023 17:30 UTC

71 points

4 comments4 min readEA link

(us14.campaign-archive.com)

Navigating emotions in an uncertain & confusing world

Akash20 Nov 2023 18:16 UTC

33 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

EA and the current funding situation

William_MacAskill10 May 2022 2:26 UTC

566 points

185 comments24 min readEA link

Member motivations survey: Why people pledged to give 10% of their income to effective charities

Luke Freeman29 Jul 2021 5:04 UTC

11 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(www.givingwhatwecan.org)

We must be very clear: fraud in the service of effective altruism is unacceptable

evhub10 Nov 2022 23:31 UTC

711 points

86 comments3 min readEA link

Announcing my retirement

Aaron Gertler 🔸25 Nov 2021 13:55 UTC

379 points

29 comments1 min readEA link

Celebrations and gratitude thread

Lizka2 Sep 2022 16:25 UTC

145 points

44 comments1 min readEA link

Technology is Power: Raising Awareness Of Technological Risks

Marc Wong9 Feb 2023 15:13 UTC

3 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

EA in the Moment: Addressing Burnout with Identity

kendallzhu26 Dec 2020 8:35 UTC

13 points

0 comments7 min readEA link

You should write on the EA Forum

Lizka29 Apr 2022 14:55 UTC

73 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

How can we do the most good? EA question, My local community experience.

emmannaemeka8 Nov 2022 8:04 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

I Am Not An Altruist

clem17 Feb 2023 11:30 UTC

8 points

5 comments1 min readEA link

May The Factory Farms Burn

Omnizoid25 Dec 2022 8:48 UTC

209 points

27 comments14 min readEA link

[Question] What would you say gives you a feeling of existential hope, and what can we do to inspire more of it?

elteerkers26 Jan 2022 13:46 UTC

18 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Why The Insects Scream

Omnizoid22 Mar 2024 19:40 UTC

20 points

1 comment9 min readEA link

Why I Became an Effective Altruist

HaseebQ23 Aug 2015 22:26 UTC

19 points

1 comment4 min readEA link

[Question] What good are you doing today?

Prof.Weird20 Nov 2020 14:39 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Meditations on Caring

Max Görlitz29 Nov 2021 19:12 UTC

37 points

6 comments2 min readEA link

How To Raise Others’ Aspirations in 17 Easy Steps

ChanaMessinger6 Jan 2022 0:18 UTC

62 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

Dorothea Brooke: an alternative origin story for Effective Altruism

Bernadette_Young25 Jan 2015 20:26 UTC

45 points

20 comments8 min readEA link

From Layoff to Co-founding in a Breathtaking Two Months

Harry Luk26 Sep 2023 7:35 UTC

44 points

3 comments17 min readEA link

[Question] Have You Been Maintaining Your Healthy Core Four?

Prof.Weird22 Nov 2020 11:37 UTC

13 points

0 comments3 min readEA link

[Transcript] Emergence, shared success, and you

Cienna10 Jul 2021 23:31 UTC

4 points

0 comments14 min readEA link

We are still in triage

JulianHazell30 Aug 2022 13:59 UTC

43 points

2 comments3 min readEA link

(hazell.substack.com)

Agnes Callard on our future, the human quest, and finding purpose

Tobias Häberli22 Mar 2023 12:29 UTC

2 points

0 comments21 min readEA link

An EA Fairy Tale

Kat Woods17 Jul 2023 11:41 UTC

22 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Some feelings, and what’s keeping me going

Michelle_Hutchinson25 Nov 2022 12:42 UTC

187 points

7 comments7 min readEA link

Ethical Awesomeness

Antoine de Scorraille20 Apr 2022 23:17 UTC

−1 points

0 comments1 min readEA link

Small and Vulnerable

sapphire3 May 2021 6:08 UTC

274 points

13 comments4 min readEA link

Some Carl Sagan quotations

finm10 Oct 2022 22:18 UTC

77 points

6 comments11 min readEA link

(www.finmoorhouse.com)

Good news that matters

Michelle_Hutchinson27 Aug 2018 5:38 UTC

23 points

4 comments3 min readEA link

“Allkind”

tyleralterman14 Feb 2016 1:24 UTC

21 points

2 comments6 min readEA link

People Who Give: Stories of people pledging to donate effectively. Discover their motivations, recommendations, and more.

Luke Freeman23 Oct 2020 0:51 UTC

10 points

0 comments2 min readEA link

500 milioni, ma non uno di più

EA Italy26 Dec 2022 21:58 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readEA link

(altruismoefficace.it)

The most effective question to ask yourself.

EffAlt15 Oct 2022 12:28 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

How To Actually Succeed

Jordan Arel12 Sep 2022 22:33 UTC

11 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

An Average Dialogue

Nicholas / Heather Kross1 Apr 2023 4:01 UTC

5 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

Six Takeaways from EA Global and EA Retreats

Akash16 Dec 2021 21:14 UTC

55 points

4 comments11 min readEA link

Three Tiers of Information Gathering

Christian Pearson6 Jul 2022 20:59 UTC

4 points

4 comments5 min readEA link

Half Monkey, Half God- The Key To Replacing Guilt : Summary

Maynk0224 Nov 2022 22:49 UTC

5 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

The Place of Stories Within EA: “The Egg”

Harry Taussig3 Jun 2021 22:11 UTC

28 points

1 comment6 min readEA link

It’s Supposed To Feel Like This: 8 emotional challenges of altruism

[deleted]5 Jun 2018 10:16 UTC

34 points

10 comments9 min readEA link

See the dark world

So8res20 Sep 2015 5:00 UTC

31 points

1 comment8 min readEA link

(mindingourway.com)

Effective Altruism as “nish kam karma yoga” [Larry Brilliant]

annaleptikon17 Jul 2022 12:17 UTC

37 points

0 comments5 min readEA link

Midwest EA’s Next Steps Retreat Post-Mortem

Miranda_Zhang15 Jul 2022 18:41 UTC

29 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

Saving the World, and Healing the Sick

Gregory Lewis🔸12 Feb 2015 19:03 UTC

18 points

9 comments20 min readEA link

Hope: How Far Humanity Has Come

Jess_Whittlestone25 Feb 2015 15:06 UTC

11 points

6 comments5 min readEA link

[Opzionale] Perché il lungoterminismo è difficile per me e come mantengo la motivazione

EA Italy17 Jan 2023 18:08 UTC

1 point

0 comments7 min readEA link

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Pablo 12 May 2021 20:48 UTC
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I renamed this entry ‘motivational’, to make the differences between it and altruistic motivation more salient.