> If I am paid to dig ditches in Haiti, is my true value different from digging ditches in Monaco? Wording aside (true vs. relative vs. real, etc.) there is a

> If I am paid to dig ditches in Haiti, is my true value different from digging ditches in Monaco? Wording aside (true vs. relative vs. real, etc.) there is a point to this concept and I think we all know it instinctively. Perhaps it could be called "global value" vs. "local value". Your "true" (global) value is digging the most valuable trench you could possibly dig. Whether the trench is in Haiti saving millions from famine, or in Monaco saving priceless casinos from collapsing. Digging a lesser trench simply means you are not achieving your true value but limiting yourself to a lower value that your employer extracts from you. The best coder in the world could make billions of $ or improve billions of lives with some genius piece of code. But if they choose to dig trenches in Haiti helping 3 people it means much of that true value is lost.