Imagine this is something you know to be true about yourself, or is an attitude necessary/useful to fuel innovation: “What matters most to me is doing something

Imagine this is something you know to be true about yourself, or is an attitude necessary/useful to fuel innovation: “What matters most to me is doing something daring that plausibly benefits others”. I suspect many people have deep drives of this nature, featuring multiple values - in this case, being daring (a matter of character) and benefitting others (a matter of welfare). It would be irrational in such case to pursue a project: (1) that isn’t daring, (2) without regard to whether it’s daring, (3) with exclusive regard to whether it’s daring, (4) that doesn’t plausibly benefit others, (5) without regard to whether it plausibly benefits others, or (6) with exclusive regard to whether it plausibly benefits others. 3 and 5, and 2 and 6, are corollaries. Is irrationality necessary or helpful to fuel innovation? Of course depends on what we mean by "rationality" and what value(s) rationality is meant to serve. My answer would be "no".