The purpose of this study is to identify themotivations that drive the agent's search for technologicalnovelty.First, a hypothesis on a concrete human want and its motivationalimplications is presented.According to this hypothesis, there is a basichuman desire to avoid physical effort beyond a...

Given the significance of technology in the course of socio-economic evolution, the driving forces behind the continuous accretion of technological knowledge deserve particular attention. This paper suggests a hypothesis about the motivational underpinnings of human technological creativity that...