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The only explanations I can think of are (1) altruism, (2) intent to profit from one's reputation, and (3) simply enjoying puzzle solving. Am I missing any? And
by Jeff_Brown 5y ago
The only explanations I can think of are (1) altruism, (2) intent to profit from one's reputation, and (3) simply enjoying puzzle solving. Am I missing any? And are any of them so strange?
- staticassertion 5y ago(2) And (3) aren't strange and are very likely the main drivers. It isn't hard to imagine that humans, and really any intelligent life, have evolved to enjoy problem solving and structure incentives around being good at it.
- icoder 5y agoDo not underestimate how much you can learn from teaching / explaining something (you think you already know) to someone else.
- rapnie 5y agoLearning in public [0], discussed on HN before. [0] https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/ https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/
- oefnak 5y agoFor me it is contributing to a project that has helped me too. For every useful answer I received on stack overflow I've answered some questions myself.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoInteresting. I wonder whether "repaying a debt you feel but are under no legal obligation to repay" should qualify as altruism. (It feels altruistic to me.)