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    [–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

    I enjoy Sudoku, but that is something I learned. There is no “enjoy sudoko” element within me that I did not put there myself.

    You didn't enjoy learning Sudoku in the first place? Did you have to force yourself? Did someone teach you how to enjoy sodoku after you learned how to actually play?

    Maybe there isn't a specific Sudoku drive in human beings but that's not what intrinsically means. There is an intrinsic drive to follow your natural intellectual and physical interests that do not have to be taught. They are variable depending on the person's personal inclinations, but you are not "trained" to enjoy something. Even as seemingly fundamental like reading. You might have to learn how to read first, but that's not being "trained to enjoy" reading. Whether you enjoy it depends on the type of person you are.

    Like, if I saw someone doing something that looks fun or interesting, I'd want to participate intrinsically.

    If someone offered me money to participate I would be extrinsically motivated.

    They did. Everyone I knew back in the Windows 3.1 days already had computers. Most of those people didn’t have Windows, and used standalone applications. The increase in ownership came when hardware prices finally fell enough for them to be affordable. Windows development was a result of that uptick, not the cause.

    I mean, maybe, price is obviously a compelling aspect here. Its hard to separate correlation and causation, though I'll hand you that price was probably more compelling.

    That said, the people you knew who already owned computers were part of a minority, only about 15% of American households had a computer when Windows 3.1 released.