>> then no one will know, no one will benefit, and the work will be lost. You may as well not have bothered. This runs counter to a lot of great works. They we

>> then no one will know, no one will benefit, and the work will be lost. You may as well not have bothered. This runs counter to a lot of great works. They were completed, known by and benefited first and foremost their creator. The fact that the rest of us know about them is just a nice side effect, not necessary.