I don’t think “people tend to do things at higher quality and higher frequency when incentivized” is some esoteric economic theory. I never made the claim that

I don’t think “people tend to do things at higher quality and higher frequency when incentivized” is some esoteric economic theory. I never made the claim that paying server bills would produce great content. I never made the claim “an individual human can only be motivated economically.” Your strategy for personal happiness is unrelated to what actually works in the real world at scale.