I can't speak for Sam, but I can give perpective as someone who can't relate to any of those really. I'm not goal oriented. I don't plan a lot for how what I

I can't speak for Sam, but I can give perpective as someone who can't relate to any of those really. I'm not goal oriented. I don't plan a lot for how what I do impacts my future. I'm just driven to solve or fix things. I get external rewards from doing so, but I would do it in some form regardless because I have to. It's like chasing a high for me. Money and status are nice, but honestly, much of what gets me going isn't to strive for any of those, but rather to prove that people who do have those things aren't necessarily correct. Witnessing incompetence or blatant inefficiency makes me angry. Injustice makes me angry too. When I know I can do something much better than how it's being done, and I have time and means of doing so, I just do it and it feels great. To steal a quote from American Gods, "Angry gets shit done".