Rationality is the technique that turns motivations into plans. It is not a technique to generate motivation, except very indirectly.
Strongly disagree. Maintaining and managing motivation should be built into any practical plan for trying to achieve a goal. This applies both in the abstract sense (all rational agents will self modify so that they more effectively achieve their goals) and as a ubiquitous consideration in human rational planning.
We can also add that a large component of ‘motivation’ can also be compartmentalized off into a general ‘motivation’ goal—leaving only specific reinforcement and boredom minimisation aspect as part of the more direct plan.
Strongly disagree. Maintaining and managing motivation should be built into any practical plan for trying to achieve a goal. This applies both in the abstract sense (all rational agents will self modify so that they more effectively achieve their goals) and as a ubiquitous consideration in human rational planning.
This is what I meant by “very indirectly.”
[edit] “Very” might have been an overstatement; it probably should have just been “indirectly.”
We can also add that a large component of ‘motivation’ can also be compartmentalized off into a general ‘motivation’ goal—leaving only specific reinforcement and boredom minimisation aspect as part of the more direct plan.