One could argue fear is the best motivator there is! If only considering short-term effects, fear is an excellent motivator. Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical framework which holds that all behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are the result of the evolutionary processes which have shaped humankind. While this framework has been criticized for being reductive, it does prompt one to consider the relationship between fear and motivation.
One of the foundations of evolutionary psychology (and several other social sciences) is the belief that everything humans do is in order to preserve the self and propagate the species—in fewer words, survival. What is the desire to survive but fear of death? Even our most complex social arrangements can be traced back to the desire to survive through fulfilling basic needs for food, water, shelter, and socialization.
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