The most horrible article I have read at NY Times so far. Pushing workers to work harder and faster by motivating them with punishment is not about productivity at all. Alienating workers, saying that they "wanted" punishment and backing up all these "business" rhetoric with science is just sick. I wonder what "state of mind" the author was in when producing this article. Did he also hired the Ivy League College he is working in to help with his "self-control" issues? And providing workers with a "wellness program" just because it "reduces health costs" was the most chilling part. We are all human beings, not quantities or rats in a maze.