Kohn and Jones both analyse how the facets of society emphasize the mentality that extrinsic motivators are the means of happiness by looking specifically into the education and corporate systems. Kohn and Jones both argue that the educators have this mindset in individuals by explaining that schools make them feel as though grades are the number one priority in their lives and that schools only give them the skills they need to become a part of established companies rather than letting them do what they would be happy doing. Kohn explains the educators fault in this mindset by explaining that “students simply choose to act this way and ought to wise up. In effect, I was blaming the victims rather than looking at the systemic factors that turned
