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Much value is created by people who don't want to be bothered with payment because they are motivated by the social capital accruing from contribution to a comm
by marssaxman 11y ago
Much value is created by people who don't want to be bothered with payment because they are motivated by the social capital accruing from contribution to a community. Trying to pay for such gifts actually drives these contributors away, by devaluing their efforts - as though they were only doing it for the money. There is labor you literally cannot buy.
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- bovermyer 11y agoThat class of people is not as large as you might think it is.
- marssaxman 11y agoThere's a strong selection bias, of course, given that I have structured my social life around communities of people who value community. Still, my impression is that it's less about wanting to be paid for creative work and more about needing to be paid for it, else they can't afford the time to do it. If we had a basic income system, I suspect you'd see a lot more work done for community benefit, without the overhead and distraction of payment.