That can still be ridiculously profitable if the output is good enough and general enough. The human mind has insane leverage, especially in the modern world.

That can still be ridiculously profitable if the output is good enough and general enough. The human mind has insane leverage, especially in the modern world. For example, Newton / Leibnitz's invention of calculus created much more than enough value to pay for every single mathematician ever since, and that wasn't even all they did.