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I am not asking because I want to do something differently - I am asking because I am curious about what force is the one that drives someone to spend hours and

• mindcrime 13y ago
  Sorry, but when I hear a question like this, I can't help but hear a subtle hint of "you're doing it wrong" embedded in the question. As though somebody is saying "You have your priorities wrong, and you should be prioritizing the same things I am." But, at the end of the day, we all have different motivations, and different approaches to how we want to impact the world. I'm relying more on "second order effects" on my current trajectory. I think I can do more to make the world a better place, by building a kickass company, and being in a position to create jobs and donate money to worthy causes, than by spending my time planting trees, or cleaning the beach or whatever. shrug Maybe the webapp that Joe Coder hacks on, winds up being adopted by Greenpeace or somebody, and they use it to optimize their operations and that frees up a couple of million dollars for $WHATEVER. I don't know, it's a made up example, but like I said, sometimes you have to consider the second (or nth) order effects of your actions.