Motivation

Professor Benkler’s 13 design levers create a handy toolbox for scholars that will certainly contribute to scholarship. However, in reading about the last four – what are now called “additional” levers – I was wondering if there might be a better way to categorize or label them. All the other levers fit into one of three categories: intrinsic; extrinsic; and intrinsic/extrinsic. Based on my limited knowledge, it struck me that cost and exit/entry might fit into the “extrinsic” box, while leadership and efficacy might fit into the “intrinsic/extrinsic” box. Is this right? If not, is there some other way to label them so that they are easier for scholars to conceptualize and are not free floating design levers?