The issue is that systems don't account for the diversity in how people are motivated and what parts of systems they are sensitive to and how they are sensitive to them.

By default in the dominant culture, most systems come down to individual incentives for individual drive and shame dynamics for collective drive, and that covers a decent chunk of how people are motivated, but leaves out people who are motivated differently and actively harms people for whom these are paralyzing.

there is no accounting for taste. some people are okay getting paid just a basic amount and going home and living life.

others need to fill a gap -- the "insecure overachiever" demographic.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180924-are-you-an-ins...

how do align ruthless sociopaths, gropy / rapey executives, angry mother hens, and phone-it-in interns?