>> no incentive If I see someone drowning, I have no financial incentive to go save them. But I will go save them. Financial incentives aren't the only incenti

>> no incentive If I see someone drowning, I have no financial incentive to go save them. But I will go save them. Financial incentives aren't the only incentives. They aren't even the best incentives. Why might someone go into medicine and/or research if it didn't pay huge salaries? Maybe because it's meaningful work. Maybe because it brings prestige. Maybe because they enjoy it. Maybe because they care for people. I contribute to open source software and have never been paid a dime, yet you can hardly say that open source software is inferior to proprietary/for-profit software.