The political system and economic system encourages this. I think as a result, other fields tend to not pay as well. Basically, I speculate that an average per

The political system and economic system encourages this. I think as a result, other fields tend to not pay as well. Basically, I speculate that an average person wants to do good to others, but hardly at the expense to himself. Just because I believe in the importance of great education, it doesn't mean I would be a public school teacher and take crappy pay and suffer in a system that doesn't recognize excellence, if instead I could be paid much more in a job in Silicon Valley or Wall Street with interesting challenges.