# #geography_of_genius > 6 public memos tagged #geography_of_genius on MythOS. ## Links - [Tag Page](https://staging.mythos.one/tag/geography_of_genius) - [MCP Server](https://staging.mythos.one/api/mcp) ## Memos - [Competition Motivation](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/9d93e4): 36:00 when talking about the intrinsic theory of motivation... competition motivates experienced creators and demotivates inexperienced ones References Tags geographyofgenius - [Civic Joy](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/45cde9): 37:00 Athenians had a word for people who refused to take part in public affairs, it’s where we got our word for idiot. The man who took no interest in the affairs of state was not a man who minded... - [Evaluation Confines Us](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/54acbc): 32:00 mythos one enables creativity by removing the paralys of large scale social evaluation the expectation of a reward squelches creativity the intrinsic theory of motivation, Intrinsic Motivation... - [Self-Induced Exile](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/73dc7c): *This Living Document inprogressinprogress. Want to see it now? Tell me why. When J.K. Rowling was writing the final "Harry Potter" book, she checked into the Balmoral Hotel to escape the everyday... - [Regularity and Irregularity ](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/d2d0f9): 29:30 References Tags geographyofgenius - [The past is a foreign country](https://staging.mythos.one/me/brianswichkow/19a09c): .. they do things differently there 38:50 References Tags geographyofgenius