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by mojuba 2436 days ago
It's not only talking about money. According to this classical experiment [1] it reduces productivity even while solving problems, because the prospect of a reward occupies some of your brain's problem solving capacity constantly.

[1] Sorry this was the first link that came up in Google: http://thepsychreport.com/books/how-incentives-hinder-innova...