“Like the Pentagon, our social science often reduces all phenomena to dollars and body counts. Sexuality, family unity, kinship, masculine solidarity, maternity, motivation, nurturing, all the rituals of personal identity and development, all the bonds of community, seem "sexist," "superstitious," "mystical," "inefficient," "discriminatory." And, of course, they are -- and they are also indispensable to a civilized society.” BodySeemsMotivationCoursesSocialCommunityIdentityDevelopmentDollarsUnitySexualityCivilizedRitualSolidarityMysticalIndispensableMasculineNurturingSuperstitiousSexistKinshipPentagonSocial ScienceCivilized SocietyMaternityPersonal Identity Book:Sexual suicide Source: Sexual suicide
“You can sit behind your computer and listen to music via a program or from the Internet and also watch performances on the Internet. There's motivation to sit at home. You don't have to get dressed up, or be social and for those old enough you don't risk DUI charges by drinking at home at the computer.” EnoughHomeMotivationSocialBehindsWatchesRiskInternetComputerProgramPerformancesDrinkingListening To MusicDressed UpDui Author:Steve Mahoney
“It is sometimes said that one of the casualties of the general suspicion and mistrust that permeated the old Soviet Union was that the distinction between truth and other motivations to believe tended to break down. Upon hearing a purported piece of information, the reaction was not 'Is this true?' but 'Why is this person saying this? - What machinations or manipulations are going on here?' The question of truth did not, as it were, have the social space in which it could breath.” BelievePersonsSaidSometimesMotivationSocialSpaceBreakPiecesInformationBreathsUnionsHearingReactionsDistinctionManipulationSovietSuspicionSoviet UnionBreaking DownMistrustCasualtiesAbsolutism Author:Simon Blackburn
“You have to use food motivation whereas a dog will do things for you just for social motivation, praise and petting. Also with any animal you want to stroke it. Don't pat it, stroke it. Most don't like patting.” WantUseMotivationSocialAnimalDogPraiseStrokes Author:Temple Grandin
“In these unfiltered, un-moderated social media posts people are speculating about others' motivations. And you could no more put that in a peer review for a journal than you could fly.” PeopleMotivationSocialMediaSocial MediaPostsReviewsPeersJournalPeer Review Author:Susan Fiske
“I think that that the main problem with a lot of social media stuff in terms of ratings is it's a very skewed motivation.” ThinkingProblemMotivationSocialStuffTermMediaSocial MediaRating Author:Michael Schur
“Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture.” MotivationCultureSocialResultsCompanyIssuesEffectsProduceInvestmentEmployeeAddressesOne TimePhilanthropyEngagingSocial IssuesBeneficialOrganizationalCompetenciesSocial Business Author:Muhammad Yunus
“It's my firm conclusion that human meaning comes from humans, not from a supernatural source. After we die, our hopes for an afterlife reside in the social networks that we influenced while we were alive. If we influence people in a positive way -- even if our social web is only as big as our nuclear family -- others will want to emulate us and pass on our ideas, manners, and lifestyle to future generations. This is more than enough motivation for me to do good things in my life and teach my children to do the same.” PeopleIfsWayWantHumansChildrenIdeasEnoughBigsMotivationDiesSocialTeachAliveGenerationsInfluenceSourceGood ThingsNuclearLifestyleConclusionMannersFirmMy ChildrenAfterlifeFuture GenerationEmulateSocial NetworkInfluencing PeopleNuclear Families Author:Greg Graffin
“We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.” GivingInspirationMotivationSocialTechnologyDesignDemandIllusionLonelyIntimacyCompanionshipRobotsSocial NetworkSociableSherry Author:Sherry Turkle
“The tools of social networking: These are the digital campfires around which the audience gathers to hear our story.” StoriesInspirationMotivationSocialTechnologyAudienceToolsDigitalNetworkingSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkCampfire Author:Marco Tempest
“Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.” InspirationPurposeMotivationAsksSocialTechnologyInternetComplexesIntricateSocial Network Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.” Has BeensMotivationSocialLibertyLibertarianVarietyLibertarianismPublic SchoolSchoolingInstituteSocial Control Author:Hugh Jackman